The will to win is overrated!

Over and over again I hear athletes talking about their will to win! however 3/4 of the athletes that I have encountered from different states, different level of school from High school to professional don't have what it takes to truthfully be a winner.  Their shallow description of a winner usually involves little preparation and sacrifice but a lot of fame and glory. I think people get caught up in this idea that winning will eventually happen for them if they stick around the game long enough, because they are the "CHOSEN ONE" is this right?

I love the sport of basketball it is the ultimate spectator sport. The gyms are structured like mini roman coliseums and the players are like gladiators! however this is far from the truth nowadays with the increase of media coverage and players personal notoriety tons of our brash and hard nose warriors are being converted to cry babies and pretty boys! does anyone see what I'm seeing?

I bring this up because "WINNING" is about preparation and sacrifice! like Lombardi said "the will to win is important but the will to prepare is vital". The shallow understanding of winning on so many teams is limited to the number of wins a team gets or championships! But I raise the question can a team win even if they lose the game? Can a season be successful even if the team doesn't win the championship?

I feel like every summer I see less and less kids outside in the field, and on the courts! I walk by certain courts in my old town and see hoops with cobwebs and courts that use to be fulled with kids and teenagers, now empty and meaningless! where are all the athletes that say they want to win? where are all the fathers bringing there sons to the courts to work hard for that scholarship? where are all the junior varsity athletes that want to be varsity starters? NOT where they need to be! and NOT doing what they need to do in order to DESERVE the title of being a "Winner". Too many athletes don't understand the work that is put into being a winner! but they are given a lot of excuses in their lives. These athletes feel like out of all the people in the world their entitled to be referred to as a "Winner".