Be Good People
Giving this the publicity it deserves. This is what we want for our children: to be good people who help others, even if it means sometimes coming at a severe sacrifice of their own goals, achievements and success. Original story and image can be found here.
“Fernández Anaya quickly caught up with him, but instead of exploiting Mutai’s mistake to speed past and claim an unlikely victory, he stayed behind and, using gestures, guided the Kenyan to the line and let him cross first.
“Ivan Fernandez Anaya, a Basque runner of 24 years who is considered an athlete with a big future (champion of Spain of 5,000 meters in promise category two years ago) said after the test:
But even if they had told me that winning would have earned me a place in the Spanish team for the European championships, I wouldn’t have done it either. I also think that I have earned more of a name having done what I did than if I had won. And that is very important, because today, with the way things are in all circles, in soccer, in society, in politics, where it seems anything goes, a gesture of honesty goes down well.
“He said at the beginning: unfortunately, very little has been said of the gesture. And it’s a shame. In my opinion, it would be nice to explain to children, so they do not think that sport is only what they see on TV: violent kicks in abundance, posh statements, fingers in the eyes of the enemy.”
black board, white chalk 
[…] While completing my first letter of reference for a student (Side note: I’m actually stoked to be able to help…too many great people have helped with their letters for me to not take this seriously) I came across this post on black board, white chalk. […]
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Thank you for sharing on your blog and adding so much more insight to it! 🙂