“In the West, we think of sports and athletics as individual achievement, the thrill of victory, the agony of defeat; it all revolves around the ego. This has nothing to do with the Zen of sports and athletics.” ThinkingIndividualSportsHealthBuddhismVictoryEgoAchievementWestDefeatAgonyThrillAthleticsIndividual Achievement Author:Frederick Lenz
“This is a sport where you get your ego checked on a regular basis, whether it's in the cage or it's at practice.” SportsPracticeEgoBasesMmaCages Author:Carlos Condit
“We got to stop people. We go ahead and we score 100 points every night, but we give up more. Our whole thing was, we know we can score, and we have to start having some kind of fun on the defensive end. Everybody want to play offense. Not too many people want to play defense. Defense is ego, pride, and that's the way we've been coming out, just taking the challenge. Man-on-man first, and having each other's back when a guy gets beat.” PeopleKnowsMenWayWantGivingFirstsKindEndsPlayWholeNightGuyFunSportsChallengesPrideEgoGiving UpBeatsDefenseScoreComing OutEvery NightOffenseBack When Author:Allen Iverson
“Boxing is an ego-driven sport. The idea is to not get too personal or emotional with it. You just know when it's over, it's over, and that's it.” KnowsIdeasSportsEmotionalEgoDrivenBoxingOver It Author:Mike Tyson
“When is a game more than a game? So often, we pay lip service to the uplifting power of sports, the teamwork, the camaraderie, the lessons in taming one's own ego for the sake of the group. But you have to wonder, how often is that still really true?” StillsGamesSportsPayWonderGroupsLessonsEgoSakeLipsUpliftingTeamworkOften IsCamaraderieReally TrueLip ServiceTaming Author:Michel Martin