Play the Game - Again.

Why do we play the game - twice?  There are so many things around sports that make it enjoyable, hanging out with your teammates (your buddies) - replaying the game over again, play by play is just one of them. It is hard for some people to understand why we play the sport, and then have to talk about it afterwards, but we do. We play 18 holes of golf, and then sit down and discuss the round, one shot after another. "Do you remember that 6 iron I hit on hole number 7. It was amazing" ...or.... "that pass you made in the second period was incredible, how did you do it"? This part of sports is just as big as the game itself, it justifies why we play, it makes us feel good to talk about it, and we want to go out and do it again...only better. We of course sometimes take this process much further, we will talk about a great shot or pass or move or moment that happened last year, 5 years ago, even 25 years ago. A true "athlete" can recant an amazing play, with great detail, minute by minute, with great enthusiasm, no matter when it happened (and it was just like yesterday). Why do we do it? That is simple, it feels good. With all the stress and problems that people deal with on a daily basis, this is one opportunity to not only make us feel better, but we can make other people feel better about themselves as well. "That was a great shot, nice pass, amazing move". To pass on a compliment to another person, is the simplest and yet most important thing that one person can do for another. So remember that next time you are in the "post game" moment find someone who did something great and compliment them about it. Let them retell their story....and Pass it on.