Melting on sports

     

 

 

      You can learn a lot by learning to listen. I've come to learn this a number of ways but  ill specify one which I think has been beneficial. I was never a big sports fan, just not the way I was raised. I would rather be out there playing the sport rather then watching it. However, many of my friends are big sports fans and its always nice to talk and share opinions about things of common interest. If I come across someone who runs I can spend the whole day talking to them about there training, heart rate, shoes, and anything else related to the sport I love. So for my friend's sake I started listening to a sports radio podcast called the Dan Patrick show. This is some information about him according to Wikipedia;

Dan Patrick

Born Daniel Patrick Pugh

May 15, 1956 (age 57)

Mason, Ohio, U.S.

Occupation Sportscaster

Years active 1979–present

Website

danpatrick.com

SI.com/danpatrick

Daniel Patrick Pugh (born May 15, 1956), professionally known as Dan Patrick, is an American Sports Emmy-winning sportscaster, radio personality, and actor from Mason, Ohio. He currently hosts The Dan Patrick Show which is broadcast on radio on Premiere Radio Networks, and on television on NBC Sports Network as well as The Audience Network for DIRECTV subscribers, co-hosts NBC's Football Night in America, and serves as a senior writer for Sports Illustrated. He previously worked at ESPN for 18 years, where he often anchored the weeknight and Sunday 11 PM edition of SportsCenter.

      I have learned much about sports by listening to him and the Danettes, his co-sports casters. More importantly I have learned about life and friendship. Even though I never met any of them I consider them friends. Listening to the commroderie among them is like being part of something special. Immersed in conversations about sports really has helped me draw the connection of how sports and life go hand in hand. Being part of something is what we all crave. Whether its part of a sports team, as a fan, or just having the same passion on a particular topic. Sports teaches you about life and also adds to life's enjoyment. One lesson it teaches is to play by the rules or suffer the consequences. Another is working as a team in order to accomplish a goal, a necessity in daily life. The over competitive nature is not something I like but having a balanced, healthy competitive spirit will help you strive to do you best in any area of life. The list of comparisons between sports and life go on and on. The most important comparison I have made is that sports, just like life, should be exciting and shared with friends. I thank the friends I have now and those I will make in the future for helping make my life exciting and full. 

-Barton-