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"For though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to all so that I might win more of them.” This might just seem like a boring Bible quote from Corinthians 9:19, but to me it means a lot more than that, I think it means that I must put others people first and always be my best so that others will follow and be their best. I will talk about how these topics relate to sports, because I love playing sports and being a part of a team. I will be telling you all how leading by example, being my best on and off the field and putting others first relates to being a great teammate or even a leader on a sports team. When I play a sport, in order to bring out the best in others I have to be the best example I can be so that my teammates will follow my example "leaders lead, a lot of people talk about leading but in the end that's all they're doing talking, I have always led by example,” this quote is from Michael Jordan. Leading by example is a good way to bring out the best in others because when we do our best and have good things happen as a result others will follow your example and hopes to replicate your good results another benefit of leading by example is that when you leave a example people tend to respect you more. Another way to bring out the best in others I leading by example is to find someone that you and I are like a famous athlete and try to be like that person and replicate their great leadership skills. Leaving my example is very important to bringing out the best in other people on your team but there are other ways to do this like putting others first. “Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. This quote is from Phillipians 2:3. This quote means a lot to me because I think it means that God wants me to put my neighbors before myself and to be humble and everything I do. This relates to putting others first on the sports team in many different ways one of the ways is to put my team first and to do whatever they need me, and said of just doing what might be best for me, or what I may want. I did this once when I got the water from my team even though I didn't want to. Another good thing to do is to help the other people on your team improve at a sport or activity you are participating in. It doesn't matter whether you are the best player on your team or the worst because you can always help out a teammate in one way or another it could be helping with anything from giving moral support or teaching a technique for a sport. This helps my teammates be their best because learning new techniques or getting support from teammates is crucial to playing your best. I influence them to be their best whenever I do this. Helping a teammate can also help me because they can give me new ideas and how to be a better player or a better person in general it also helps me be a better leader by earning the respect. If I am on a sports team, I don't just see my teammates and we are playing the sport. I may also see them at school or at the mall, so I can't just be my best on the sports field. I have to be my best in all that I do so that my team can be more than a team, we can be friends. I achieve this by helping my teammates out with the school or family problems, or by organizing team bonding activities. I was on the basketball team at my school and going into it, I only knew one person. Throughout the season my team organized team bonding activities and we always talk before the after practice. Once the season was over, my team was all best friends and we worked so well together, on and off the court, that it improved our play. Another thing I do to help my teammates is to offer my friendship to all the members of my team. This helps my team because we avoid drama and hurting others feelings because we know how to not hurt someone's feelings or how to not be insensitive. These things have helped me and my team preform better and bond better on and off the field. “For though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to all, then I might win more of them.” This quote from Corinthians 919 is what I told you all at the beginning of this speech. I said that this quote means a lot to me and it relates to all the topics I told you about, leaving my example putting others first and being my best on and off the field, I hope you all see how the topics I told you about relate to this quote. Thanks for listening to my speech, hope that listening to my experiences in my insight on this topic has helped you come up with new ideas to help bring out the best in others by being your best. Thank you again.