The sport ethic has four dimensions. The first dimension has to do with sacrifice to the game. Different sacrifices include physical and mental strain on the body. Another may be time away from other productive activities such as homework or work. The second dimensions is seeking distinction. For many athletes being average isn't good enough. Athletes seek to become bigger, faster, stronger than everyone else's; trying to be distinct. This can also include breaking records and winning championships. The third dimension is taking risks and playing through pain. Injuries occur often in sports and many athletes fight the pain to play through their injury. I can relate directly with this dimension while paling soccer my senior year of high school. I had a bad ankle injury and the season and my high school career was coming to an end. I wasn't going to let this injury deny me from competing so I suffered through the pain and played as well as I could for the last 3 or 4 games. This can have negative long term effects on the body. The final dimension promotes the idea of athletes refusing to accept limits in the pursuit of possibilities. What drives the best athletes is the pursuit of perfection and never being satisfied.
Humans are born with a competitive mindset so athletes unconsciously conform to these set of beliefs.
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