Rivalry. According to dictionary.com it is the action, position, or relation of a rival, rivals or competition. Now that is such a "textbook" definition. What does rivalry mean to you? Is rivalry a good thing? Everyone has experienced the feeling of rivalry in some aspect of their life. Whether it be in sports, speech, mock trial, jobs, acting or even just between friends. I know for me, rivalry comes with sports. I am an EXTREMELY competitive person and rivalries just bring that out in me.
Being an NFL fan, definitely allows my inner competitive self to come out AT LEAST a couple times of year. I feel like I know what a rivalry is. Packers vs. Bears?!? Colts vs. Patriots? These are the two that mean the most to me. The feeling of anxiousness, nervousness, and excitement before a game is so strong and you feel like you would just do anything for your team to sack Tom Brady or Jay Cutler:)
When the wrong team looses lets face it, it sucks. But does that make the next time, when they win, better? Then you want the win even more than the time before.
On another personal level, and being a swimmer I definitely have some more rivalries. Lets just say the Cougar swim team does everything they possibly can to beat the red and black team and the blue and red team. For those who didn't follow that, Linn-Mar and Washington are the two biggest rivals we've got. The practice, the stretching, the pep talk, the cheering and the swimming are all a "step-up" when we swim these teams. (By the way we did beat the Warriors last night). This is the case for any sport, especially across-town rivals in high school athletics. You just want to beat the crap out of them and NOT GIVE IN. The feeling of accomplishment, pride and excitement is so overwhelming when you beat a rival, that the hours of pain and practice is sooooooo worth it.
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