The real importance of sports | Sean Adams | TEDxACU

In his talk, Sean discusses four primary ways men have historically been raised in American culture — home, church, military, and sports. Sean’s talk focuses on his claim that sports are becoming the primary way American men learn critical lessons about work, determination, failure, and accountability, leading him to challenge listeners to rethink the true value they assign to sports.

Sean Adams, a former NCAA All-American athlete, turned his love of sports into a life working with others through the medium of sports. Each afternoon he hosts the top-rated show “The Adams Theory” on the Longhorn Flagship Station and ESPN affiliate – AM 1300 The Zone. He is also a television analyst for football and track and field for ESPN and The Longhorn Network.

[willeyshelton]

Being overweight in school, I didn't win much in sports but I always participated. My mom always used to say, "it doesn't matter if you win, participation is important"

Rn, I'm the captain of my college team and I'm glad I didn't give up and took up sports. And NYXS is helping me nurture my talent even more. Thanks to sports and my mentors

[KDG]

I had a really strange upbringing in sports. The only competitions I ever won in, I won. All the way up to the national stage. All in high school. Literally undefeated in my 4 years. That was a heavy burden to carry during the time, but since then it’s made me super sensitive to failure in my real life. I love competing. I learned to love winning. I only knew winning. And life came and I learned what failure felt like at its fullest extent. Those happy moments in my life will always be happy and full of amazing memories. But man I wish I was a bit more normal in my upbringing. Perhaps I would’ve been ready for the real world. I taught at a school later on and the kids taught me a valuable life lesson: how to not be perfect and be happy. These kids would come in 3rd and celebrate over the moon. That 3rd place trophy as a staff member means more to me than any of my regional and national titles serious. It’s so much more than winning. Yes it’s AWESOME but there’s a deeper level of joy that comes from sports. It provides kids a way to be happy. It provides everyone a way to be happy. I grew up as a NE pats fan (I’m from NE) and let me tell you some of those Super Bowls mean more than the world to me given the timings. Sports is a lot more emotion than most give credit for. Sports teaches us life lessons. I’m a fiercely competitive spirit and don’t know where I’d be without sports in my life. That’s for sure.

[sarthpatel]

thanks for giving this information. I know about sports but you give me another great information related to my interest. He said about four way of Barbados raising men in this country, such as, in a home, in a church, in a military, in a sports respectively. He described this all ways and gave an example about himself, he won the race by understanding. He faced lots of problems, he failed many times.

[sawangsinawang]

"Teams that play for eachother win championships."

[williamdixon]

Thank you for this podcast. It really helped me realize how important sports is in todays time. Not only is it just a game but it teaches life long lessons. My question to this is do you think there will ever be a time where sports will not be as popular in the future?

[uniphcommunity.thewhitetower]

Congratulations Sean! You are absolutely right!

[tylernestor]

Sport is the true religion of the world, never have I seen people worship more genuinely from the heart than in sport.

[LunaFrost-fbti]

After I play a sport I feel just as accomplished as I do when I have watched a (any) TV show or played a video game.

[ZhangWei-dfej]

it is sad when you wnat reach out to Sean Adams and then discover he died in 2017

[flyboymic]

Then after that plus. Your health is amazing.❤️‍🔥

[ryzoncz]

like! You're great, what a logical presentation. gives me great motivation! Thanks

[lostandfound]

This is a good message, you have touched on some sensitve topics here, and that takes courage!!

[Alex_I-SG]

Hi everyone, is it possible to have a transcription of the vidéo ?

[TheMRK]

I have to add that manual labor can do the same thing, the boss is the coach only in this instance the coach should, in my experience, participate or at least be good at the organization and technique requirements for the the job to produce the best quality. Once again, not taking away from this man just presenting another idea to instill man-like traditions

[brujo_millonario]

You can also learn all of those things in real life, working on some USEFUL project. Sports don't repair anything and don't manufacture anything. They're not even like an art, which at least may end up teaching you something or making you feel some way you needed to feel. Sports are an unfortunate distraction and addiction in which many resources are unjustifiably spent. Great stadiums are built while school kids suffer cold in Winter. Not to mention brutal sports like boxing, which should have been forbidden ages ago. The only advantage of sports is the benefit of some of them for health.