Athletes compete for many things, but the one thing that they know that they win at the end of the day is the space they create for themselves wherever they go. That is why sportspersonship is so profound. It dictates how it is that one carries one's person on and off of the field, court, arena, et cetera of play. The principled understanding of whether or not that space that one creates is one that feeds or starves one's person is built on a two-fold dichotomy that is not always so clear cut. Sometimes the space that one creates for one's person on and off of the field of play both starves and feeds one's person wherein the individuality of one's humanity finds a means of blossoming in conditions that are wroughtly based in how it is that survival is truly interpreted. From this dynamic, the dichotomy of 'black and white' and the stark contrast of clear direct thinking evolves to compose and conduct a 'gray (grey)' area that inevitably develops to build up and encourage the uniqueness that is one's person. That is why it is easier to tear someone down, as opposed to build them up. The true challenge, then, in acknowledging that space and the uniqueness one develops as an athlete comes from how it is that one builds up other persons who strive to survive alongside one's person. It is how true victors achieve glory.
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