If Winning isn't everything, why do they Keep the Score?

No winning a game is not necessary we should always show our spirit by participating in game. It doesn't need you win or loss. But score show how best you are.

Yes winning is not everything in any game. If we keep score in mind than we can not win the game or I can say we can not do our best. I like to tall you a example one day Sachin said when I play the game that time I forget my records or score. Just do our best.

As we have day-light & dark, right & wrong, similarly we do have winning and losing, but for it is to happen one should essentially and sincerely participate. So, which is first, is it participation or winning, undoubtedly it participation which comes first. Does participation is enough, no not at all; it is winning which matters most, because, a victory can only justify your preparedness & seriousness for participation.

For winning means you have tried hard but the victory is not permanent and loosing tells you have areas to improve. On the other hand, this is human tendency that we work only to achieve goals not bothering to enjoy the process of achieving it. The feeling of wining is always best and it boosts our confidence level, energy level etc. One should always need to strive for winning that should be in a true/fair manner. Irrespective of the strength of your opponent, you should come-up with a winning mindset. If you are not able to win, learn from the mistakes that you did and try not to repeat the same in future.

Some arguments claim that, winning or losing is always secondary. The primary thing is to participate or give an attempt. What matters is your attitude after a win or loss. A win does not mean you have achieved everything and a loss doesn't means you are left with nothing. If you have participated, that mean you have accepted the theory of life.

In this world of competition, do we all really feel that winning isn't everything? It is definitely not so. We are in such an atmosphere where winning is compulsory either be it professionally, personally, in competitions or in sports. Medal achievers are respected most and they are rewarded but what about those who lose.

Participation provides us a platform to challenge ourselves. We learn new things and develop various skills after taking up the challenge. Experience gained from the participation can be used to talk about in new and fresh tasks. Participation is just a process, not an endpoint where you keep on grasping from your understandings. Irrespective of the result one should concentrate on his strengths and should keep moving on in life.

Finally, Participation doesn't always guarantee success, but not participating almost certainly ensures failure.

Yes, winning is not everything but at the end of the day when we achieve something with a decent score it keeps us motivated. The will to work harder drives us which fetches better results in future. So we can say wining is one of the best possible way to decide where one's life is heading and one can also unleash their hidden potentials at times.

And when it comes to score it acts like a benchmark which helps in distinguishing between the meritorious and non-meritorious people. Basically, this is one parameter to decide between win and lose.

There is a thing called status which every player has to maintain.

I agree that winning is not everything. Fun is equally important. If one would lose then he/she would be got a message for next time and it leads to improvement so winning is not everything.

Hello everyone, I'm suganya. Yes winning is not everything but it is something. One cannot simply participate in a game and win. You need to put in a lot of effort and hardwork to win. At the end, when each individual is given a score, it indeed helps them a lot to evaluate themselves on where they stand.

Scores are for the people watching the game and for the players to know where their team or they stand among the rest. They are there to keep the winning spirit and excitement in place. But yes, winning is not everything. Some people cheat/ use unfair means just to register a win in the books. This is not ethical. Participation with full enthusiasm and interest is much more important according to me.

Scores are kept to get results thereby able to declare the winner in a particular competition. Winning is not everything but is something that keeps the competitive spirit alive.

Suppose it's roger federer competing against rafael nadal you want federer to win the title but the scenario is such that either of the players can win and suddenly within a blink of an eye you see nadal doing an ace to set match for himself. Everyone in all tennis club stand up and applause for the great guy. You see both the players approaching the net, they shake hands, may be give a hug or two as well, and then Federer leaves rafael alone to celebrate. Every one in the arena on their feet to congratulate rafal.

So, basically it's about competing well and giving it everything you have. At the end of the day, it's about the game not the players. To show the coming generation the kind of greats the game has given to the world. So, winning might not be everything but eventually you play to win. 'winning is not everything ' means to play fair but yet compete and compete to win. May be for the history of the game and for it's survival too. People come in numbers to support the game surely they don't want the game to end in a tie. No matter who wins the game would still be loved by peoples and just to end, you always want the best players to compete against each other.