Not winning a title gives fuel to sportswriters and talking heads who question an athlete's true value.
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In sports, you simply aren't considered a real champion until you have defended your title successfully. Winning it once can be a fluke; winning it twice proves you are the best.
Being a professional athlete, we all want to win the title.
In sports, championships often define a person's legacy.
In corporate culture, in sports culture, in the media, we honor those who win at all costs.
An overall title is one of the biggest things you can win in our sport.
In an individual sport, yes, you have to win titles. Baseball's different. But basketball, hockey? One person can control the tempo of a game, can completely alter the momentum of a series. There's a lot of great individual talent.
Winning isn't always championships.
An athlete must have ability to reach the top, but many who have ability and who do not live clean lives never have and never will be champions for obvious reasons.
The sports world is an echo chamber. All it takes is one quote from a general manager and a thousand sports columns bloom.
Economics is about creating win-win situations. But in sports, someone loses.
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