Why Do We Play?
“Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.”
~John Wooden
Why do we play?
Because basketball is life.
Everything you find in life, heartbreak to ecstasy, all that lies between and everything that leads to either one, can be found in the simple game of basketball. I'd rather my child experience and learn from, loss, struggle, injustice, competence, compassion, cooperation, success, even the meaning of "hate" in a safe, relatively controlled environment before she has to deal with the harsh reality of those same concepts in "real life". The lessons she learns both on and off the court, the wins and losses but more importantly what it takes to get to either outcome are life lessons that will eventually determine her success, her happiness, her character, who she is as a person. She still has a lot of growing, a lot of work to do but I could not be happier with her approach to the task.
Proud of my girl and all of her teammates.
~John Wooden
Why do we play?
Because basketball is life.
Everything you find in life, heartbreak to ecstasy, all that lies between and everything that leads to either one, can be found in the simple game of basketball. I'd rather my child experience and learn from, loss, struggle, injustice, competence, compassion, cooperation, success, even the meaning of "hate" in a safe, relatively controlled environment before she has to deal with the harsh reality of those same concepts in "real life". The lessons she learns both on and off the court, the wins and losses but more importantly what it takes to get to either outcome are life lessons that will eventually determine her success, her happiness, her character, who she is as a person. She still has a lot of growing, a lot of work to do but I could not be happier with her approach to the task.
Proud of my girl and all of her teammates.
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