| At one point during a game, the coach
called one of his 7-year-old soccer players aside and asked,
"Do you understand what cooperation is? What a team
is?"
The little boy nodded in the affirmative.
"Do you understand that what matters is whether we
win or lose together as a team?"
The little boy nodded yes.
"So," the coach continued, "I'm sure you
know, when a foul is called, you shouldn't argue, curse,
attack the referee, or call him a pecker-head. Do you understand
all that?"
Again the little boy nodded.
He continued, "And when I take you out of the game
so another boy gets a chance to play, it's not good sportsmanship
to call your coach 'a dumb asshole' is it?''
Again the little boy nodded.
"Good," said the coach. "Now go over there
and explain all that to your mother."
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