Extract from redsports on an interview with MOS Teo. I shared the same sentiments about sports and how it has strengthened my mental resilience and sharpened/clarified my thoughts, esp when I run.
So what are your ups and downs in life? is it the test scores? is it the exam results? is it a defeat in the competitions? is it because didn't achieve gold with honours in SYF?
Life is more than these... maybe I have seen enough or maybe age is catching up?!? 8-)
So what is success to you?
http://redsports.sg/2009/05/18/teo-ser-luck-interview-part-6/
“You won’t have the ‘worst moment’ because you always learn something from them.” An interview with Teo Ser Luck (Part 6)
May 18
By Les Tan, Dawn Yip and Jan Lin
How do you feel that sports has shaped your values or the person you are today? What has it taught you?
Almost everything. It started from Olympics actually. When I learnt about sports values, it was the Olympics. Because I started reading about the boycott of Moscow Olympics when I was in Sec 1 or Sec 2, so then I got interested. The 1984 Summer Olympics in Russia, the US decided to boycott. Why people didn’t want to go for things like that? And this Olympics seem to be a big thing, so I started following the Summer Olympics.
Then I started to learn about the value of equal opportunities for all, about the Olympic oath talking about not the triumph, it’s the struggle and the process…and it’s about learning how to win and how to lose, rather than win and lose.
Of course, it’s also the discipline that [sports has] instilled in me, learning how to respect people, sportsmanship, overcome challenges, handling the ups and downs. So to me, that prepares me in life. In my career, I’ve had my ups and downs as well but…it wasn’t too difficult for me because in sports you have your ups and downs.
But you won’t have a ‘worst moment’ because you always learn something from them, so I treated everything as a learning experience. So when I went into my corporate career, it’s the same thing, I just take it as it comes. I think that shaped my outlook.
2 comments:
Great points! And also why we need sports programs to stay in school and along side academia.
yup, I believe sports can plays an important role in shaping character, but of course, the human factor plays an equally important part (the coach, the athlete, the family support etc).
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