At one point during a game, the coach said
to one of his young players, "Do you understand what cooperation is? What a team
is?"
The little boy nodded in the affirmative.
"Do you understand that what matters
is whether we win together as a team?"
The little boy nodded yes.
"So," the coach continued,
"when a strike is called, or you're out at first, you don't argue or curse or attack
the umpire. Do you understand all that?"
Again the little boy nodded.
"Good," said the coach. "Now
go over there and explain it to your mother."