All I Really Need To Know I Learned From Soccer

All I really need to know I learned from soccer. All I really need to know about how to live and what to do and how to be I learned from soccer. Making varsity was not for national team players, but there in the backyard practicing. These are the things I learned:

Never give up.

Practice.

Drink a lot of water.

Do not trip, push, or hit other people or there will be consequences.

Work together as a team.

Dream.

Communication is the key to success.

Have good sportsmanship.

Take risks.

Use your head.

Mistakes are expected so learn from them and move on.

Respect your teammates.

Enjoy winning but accept losing as well.

Take any of those items and extrapolate it into sophisticated adult terms and apply it to you family life or your work or your government or your world and it holds true and clear and firm. Think what a better world it would be if all - the whole world - worked as a team and communicated. Or if all countries had ways of interacting without the need for violence.

And it is still true, no matter how old you are - when you go out into the world, it is best to never give up.