Have you ever won in in sports competiton?
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Yes.  Not often but yes.  I'm very competitive but not very gifted.  While that can be frustrating it also makes the payoff when I win that much sweeter.\n\nI started wrestling in second grade in area that is known for its wrestling programs.  I was always third string a best, in fact the guy i moved thought the ranks with in my weight classes ended up winning the state championship twice.\n\nJunior I started going to a private school that didn't have a wrestling program and although I played soccer i really missed wrestling.  Senior year I approached a staff member who was a coach with the public school in the area and told him i wanted to go one last time.  He found me a tournament and helped me train.\n\nNow at the age of 42 I still count winning that trophy as one of the greatest moments of my life.
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I have .. and I won 2nd prize for a nationwide drawing competition.\nI also won $5000 cash.
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Win a competition of course! Surprised you need to ask!
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Dude, marching band is awesome. At least it was for me. But we did competition. Does your school's band do competition?
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I started a company mixed softball team (I hope softball counts as baseball because where I come from its a big deal)\n\nWe were a small company of only 10 employees but we brought in some had some good young talent and I fancied myself a decent if older player.\n\nWell, when we arrived for our first game, we were in for a shock even before it started! The other team had full uniforms and matching bat bags and equipment bags.  They had team-colour batting helmets and every kind of equipment that you can imagine.   \n\nMy boss wasn't into company sport and didn't give us any money so we self-funded it.  It was just for fun anyway.  Right?  We thought that we had gone all out to get custom T-shirts and matching generic navy-blue sweatpants.  We were the laughing stock of the whole league.  \n\nIf I never hear another comment about pajamas in my whole life I will be happy.\n\nAnyway, the game's played on the diamond not on the fashion runway right?  Well we found out that we didn't just LOOK out of place.  I was playing left field and I just watched ball after ball sail over my head well beyond the home run fence.\n\nThe final score.  32-0.  The next week was a little better at 24-4.  At least we scored a few runs.  The whole season went that way.  We were the bad news bears and then some but we didn't quit we kept on going in our crappy uniforms and all.\n\nWe did improve a bit as we did have some good athletes but never before has the saying 'out of your league' been so appropriate.  \n\nAnyway in the last game of the season in the bottom of the last inning, the score was 7-2 against us.  I had played hardball many years before and I fancied myself a very good hitter.  I was the player manager and I had put myself in the number four clean-up spot.  \n\nThere was just one hitter and then we were back to the top of the order.  The first guy got out but then the\nnext three guys got on base so there I was bases loaded and stepping up to the plate.  \n\nI'll never forget that one sweet swing.  It was like all time had stopped and the universe was still and just waiting for me to finish my swing.  I hit the ball further than I had ever in my whole life.  It was my only home run of the season but it was probably just as far or further than the dozens of home-runs that routinely sailed over my head on defence.\n\nA grand slam in that situation was the most gratifying feeling in the world, now could we win the game?\n\nIt was now 7-6 against with one out and nobody on base.  I went back to coaching first base as I normally did after hitting.\n\nThe next batter got a single.  The next batter drove a hot ground ball to second.  The second baseman bobbled it a bit and didn't have time for the double play so he tossed it to first instead.  It was a close play at first but the Umpire called him out.\n\nI was standing at first and I could see that he was safe but what could I do, the ump had made his call.  My player who was standing at second could also see that the batter was safe at first so when the ump called him out, he complained bitterly.  He didn't say anything directly offensive but he obviously didn't accept the call.\n\nYou see we were on the verge of winning our first game after a very very dissapointing season and we were all very excited.  I think we would have won too if it wasn't for the Umpire's response. \n\nHe stuck to his guns.  He called the player at first out and he called the player at second out as well for arguing.  Thats the way the game ended.  A blown call and an ejection.  \n\nI would have liked to win the game but I'll still never forget that swing.  It was a single highly concentrated moment of glory within a larger context of great frustration.  Who says that baseball isn't like real life?
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Haha I did one time by accident at a JV football practice. I was preparing to hit head on with the safety on defense, and I closed my eyes for the impact and he went low on me, taking out my ankles. He didnt wrap up, and I flipped right over him, but I landed on my feet and walked on into the endzone. It was awesome and really hilarious!
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y did u put this question in da sport category
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When I wrestled I was always given this advice "respect your opponent but never more than you respect yourself".  If you play head games with yourself, you don't win matches.  You have to believe that you done everything you could do during the week to get ready for the match.  Only when you believe you can win, will you win.  Trust me on this.  I went 3 years before I won my first match.  And the first time I won, I knew I was going to win!  After that, I took the mentality that I deserved to win every time I got on the mat.  I started winning like crazy.  Good luck man.
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Only during competition.
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I have.  June 7, 2004.  Tampa Bay Lightning and Calgary Flames.  It was the most amazing thing I have ever seen.  Through the New York Islanders, The Montreal Canadiens, The Philadelphia Flyers, numerous injuries, right up to game 7, and more people that didn't believe, than I could count, still we won it.  On the way to game 7 of the Final, I saw a liscense plate, and it said "WIL2WIN" on it.  That was something I will never forget, I knew we were going to win it, no matter what, and seeing my boys lift the historic cup over thier heads, still brings tears to my eyes.
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When I was younger it was like a sport...I'm surprised some of my classmates were able to reproduce.  These days, only a few times and they were all on accident (I play sports).
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Yes I have.  Lots of fun.
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Does entering a competition where you know you are going to loose count? If so then yes, all the time.\n\n(When you run a marathon, with thousands of people, it's a good bet that you will get beat by the guy who's on the Olympic team.)
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Now I happen to like my sports.  Maybe not football or basketball which has to depend on other members to win...........but I like Karate.  Where it's just me and the other person.  I get to kick his *ss and say I win or I lost.  Which I might say  (him kicking my *ss) will PROBABLY never happen.
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Haha, no i haven't. My buddy lost a bet with his GF and had to wear her thong to work. He got caught lol. His older brother found out and was pissed all to hell. That was some funny sh*t though.
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ive never been in one but that sounds exciting! maybe some day i will join in.\n\n\np.s. hope you do goodin your league
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HA-ha.\n Winning isn't everything, but losing isn't anything .\n\nNo if that was that goal of the fight, I guess I was not part of the winnings.  But congratulations if you got to share in the glory. Good work Champ.\n\nThis post was worth a smile. So I win too.