Building Perspective The first game is just around the corner, so we call a team meeting to assess our direction for the season and set some goals. When I ask the kids what their goals are for the season they seem to reply with the same answer every year, “win league, win state and beat our rivals.” Winning seems to be the theme for every goal. Even the coaches I’ve worked with base all of their goals around winning. It reminds me of that famous Lombardi quote “Winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing”. Well, in pro football winning is everything and let’s not forget what a master tactician Lombardi was. Lombardi also had some amazing quotes about effort and desire. I know it hurts to lose and I’m not suggesting we should embrace losing or be satisfied with it. What I am suggesting is that winning is not the sole indicator of a
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