Is WHAT you win more important than winning itself?

Answer 1

Winning.

For the boost in morale and self-worth
For the acknowledgment and attribution of an achievement
For the purpose of carving out an emphatic signature of an existence
And for setting the standards that others may follow or exceed in the name of progress

The prize is but a material thing…..

Answer 2

Having the QUALITIES needed to win is the MOST important thing.

Competing is merely a confirmation that you have those characteristics. So too with the prize. Looking at these things are a distraction from the true goal.

Let's put it this way. If the prize was the most important thing, then the competition would be irrelevant if you could get the prize another way (are people who train for years for the Olympics 'suckers' because they didn't get some guy to just rig them up a gold medal?). If merely winning was the most important thing, then HOW you won would be irrelevant (are people who train for years 'suckers' compared to those who just learn to cheat well?).

But we do not respect a person who as a meaningless trophy on his shelf. We respect him because he had the qualities necessary to claim it. Nor do we respect people solely because they are successful - some of the MOST successful businessmen, for example, are some of the most reviled.

The only reason why the competition is even necessary is for evidentiary purposes. What we were looking for was there before... we just may not have known it.

Answer 3

No. Its the struggle.

To wit:

There can only be one winner in any endeavor
albeit one group or another.
It is they, who get to stand alone
while others stand among the crowd that followed.

They stand before all, alone.
There are no others with which to share
only those that felt, they too, can cheer.
But, it was the winner, who, alone,
took the prize and no other.
So alone, they savor the victory that most often,
chance alone, did favor.

If they continue to win one after another,
they soon find they are,
increasingly,
more alone.
Soon one begins to wonder
if winning is worth the loneliness.
It seems that when you almost always win,
you lose the urge
and desire to be among those that follow.
Just so you would have something
to strive for again.*

The irony of it all is that you have to lose to win. Yes, we all want to be winners, until we win. Then we find it was the journey we sought, not the win.

Answer 4

As a basketball coach, I have
to say the winning itself! With competion
winning is the prize for all the hard work
put in at practices. What you win serves
to remind you of how you felt when you
accomplished your goal! As someone
who has purchased a lottery or raffle
ticket,it's what you win! Not that I would
know!!!!

Answer 5

Probably. Most people are trying to win something for a reason, and in a contest, it's not usually about the journey taken, it's about what you get at the end.

I might be known for winning a million dollars, but I want the million dollars itself.

Answer 6

I won some pretty useless stuff (for instance stuffed animals from WNF), but there's always someone else I can make happy with it!

And whats more, I get the feeling I win things, sometimes, so perhaps, one day, I'll win something for myself.

Answer 7

Winning means that someone is losing. I prefer win-win situations. Anything that I do that is at the expense of another is counter-productive to my philosophy in life.

Answer 8

yes. If you didnt get anything in return for winning (including the nonmaterial sense of joy or pride), then there would be no point to even try.

Answer 9

is winning important? and if so, why? and to whom?can there be benefits to losing? is competing the most important thing?

Answer 10

i would say, to be a winner is more important than what i win.