The real importance of sports | Sean Adams | TEDxACU

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Published 2015-05-11
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.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx
All Comments (21)
  • @willeyshelton7452
    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
  • @KDG702
    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.
  • @sarthpatel5835
    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.
  • @williamdixon8586
    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?
  • @tylernestor5175
    Sport is the true religion of the world, never have I seen people worship more genuinely from the heart than in sport.
  • @user-ry6zo3nc4z
    like! You're great, what a logical presentation. gives me great motivation! Thanks
  • @ZhangWei-df7ej
    it is sad when you wnat reach out to Sean Adams and then discover he died in 2017
  • @lostandfound1642
    This is a good message, you have touched on some sensitve topics here, and that takes courage!!
  • @LunaFrost-fb8ti
    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.