It’s Not The Winning, It’s The Taking Part That Counts

It's one of the oldest clichés in the book. Used by millions of parents worldwide to gee up their kids after a particularly tragic loss at mini-league or after drawing the word antidisestablishmentarianism in the school spelling bee. My dad used it religiously when I attempted to play soccer at school and got frustrated when the coach's son got picked ahead of me every time. Adaptations of the same theme were used when I wanted to quit playing guitar, became disillusioned with the sport of tennis, struggled in my quest to become a professional snooker player and generally a whole host of other activities I discarded during my ADD youth. I used to think he was full of crap. But maybe the old boy had something?

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