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It's Not The Winning That Counts: The Most Inspiring Moments of Sporting Chivalry
From Ancient Greece to the Beijing Olympics, sport has delivered thrilling victories and gut-wrenching defeats, but moments of good sportsmanship are increasingly rare. Is chivalry dead? Or have rumours of its demise been exaggerated?
Whether displayed by an Australian sculler or an Egyptian judoka, sportsmanship has come in many guises. It’s Not the Winning that Counts celebrates the Boy's Own heroism of yachtsman Pete Goss's mercy dash across the Southern Ocean to rescue a capsized French rival; recalls the high ideals of the gentleman-amateurs of the Corinthian Football Club; salutes Freddie Flintoff, hero of the 2005 Ashes, commiserating with an opponent before celebrating with team-mates; and takes its hat off to Jack Nicklaus, conceding a two-foot putt on the final green of the 1969 Ryder Cup. At its best, sportsmanship has reverberated around the world - from German athlete Lutz Long publicly befriending the black American runner Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Olympics to Russian chess player Boris Spassky conducting himself impeccably during his Cold War showdown with Bobby Fischer.
Whether displayed by an Australian sculler or an Egyptian judoka, sportsmanship has come in many guises. It’s Not the Winning that Counts celebrates the Boy's Own heroism of yachtsman Pete Goss's mercy dash across the Southern Ocean to rescue a capsized French rival; recalls the high ideals of the gentleman-amateurs of the Corinthian Football Club; salutes Freddie Flintoff, hero of the 2005 Ashes, commiserating with an opponent before celebrating with team-mates; and takes its hat off to Jack Nicklaus, conceding a two-foot putt on the final green of the 1969 Ryder Cup. At its best, sportsmanship has reverberated around the world - from German athlete Lutz Long publicly befriending the black American runner Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Olympics to Russian chess player Boris Spassky conducting himself impeccably during his Cold War showdown with Bobby Fischer.
289 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2010
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July 12, 2015
If you are a man/woman who:
loves sports
loves people of sublime character
loves sporting moments in life for generations to remember
then this book is a MUST-READ for you. Enjoy!
In times of "dog eat dog world", "winner takes it all, no matter what circumstances", excessive match fixing, bending the rules, doping scandals, diving, etc., this book will bring into your soul true and pure role models and world of sports will never be the same again for you. You will perceive it differently and adore only those sportsmen who deserve it. Not all winners do. One intuitively feels that it's not the way the things should be. This books will give you plenty of evidence how (sporting) competition should be carried out.
loves sports
loves people of sublime character
loves sporting moments in life for generations to remember
then this book is a MUST-READ for you. Enjoy!
In times of "dog eat dog world", "winner takes it all, no matter what circumstances", excessive match fixing, bending the rules, doping scandals, diving, etc., this book will bring into your soul true and pure role models and world of sports will never be the same again for you. You will perceive it differently and adore only those sportsmen who deserve it. Not all winners do. One intuitively feels that it's not the way the things should be. This books will give you plenty of evidence how (sporting) competition should be carried out.
December 29, 2011
Honestly one of the worst books I've ever read. I had the misfortune to purchase this for an inflated price from a bookstore at an airport - wow, was I disappointed. The entire book is so obviously written by a biased English author. This book attempts to funny - and fails, miserably. What a disgrace. Frankly I wanted my money back!!! I only read this tripe because I was stuck in a capsule for a few hours. Pathetic.
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