I have been a basketball fan since I can remember. The specific players and teams are different from when I started to follow but the sport remains interesting because of new players and new developments. Yet, I was never interested in other sports such as football and baseball. I would keep just a basic knowledge of the other sports and didn’t know a great deal about them.
In a way, I didn’t want to learn another sport the same way I learned basketball. Having followed basketball for a long time, I have an extensive knowledge of the sport. Today, I know many of the stats and players because I manage a fantasy team where such knowledge is vital. Yet, to me, learning a new sport was too time consuming and hard. I had to learn rules, all the players, the teams, the statistics, in short, a lot. It seemed that I would never be able to know as much as I did about basketball in the other sports. Yet, I realized that learning something new even if it does take a lot of time is not a bad thing to do. Having more knowledge of other sports would allow me to enjoy and follow other sports besides basketball. At this point, I realized that learning a new sport is also a good education tool in itself.
I realized that the more one learns, the better off he/she will be. Learning new things can increase overall knowledge of other key areas. It is also a good way to beat boredom and to learn a new hobby. Even in areas where I have great knowledge, I can still learn much more and improve myself as a person at the same time.
While my main focus isn’t about learning sports, or knowing all the facts in a fact book, my main focus is about learning new things. There is always a classroom in a sense that people can always pick up a book or learn.