“Many think that the short term gain will be the worth the long term pain, but it isn’t. In addition, using steroids is cheating, and there is nothing worst in sports than a cheater. Don’t do it.”

-George Mitchell

Before you do anything in life you have to see the long term effects it will have in the future. This statement is like many other statements. To put this statement into shorter words it will be to think about the consequences that will come in the future. Many times we do things in the moment and we don’t think about what may happen later on. The only difference between this statement and others is that this focus more on sports. In sports sometimes you feel like you aren’t good enough so you decide to cheat your way to the top, sometimes you do it by using steroids and sometimes you use something else. For example, let’s say you aren’t confident in your ability and you feel like you need to cheat so you do. This leads you to victory and you will probably be happy at that moment, but as it sinks in you will remember that people are proud of you for winning something that you know you didn’t deserve. What do you prefer, losing in an honest way, knowing you tried your hardest and that you didn’t give up or cheating your way to the top? In my opinion this is an easy question, I prefer trying my best and losing then winning and cheating. In the long run you want people to remember you for being a great player than a cheater.