At one point during a game, the coach called one of his 9-year-old players aside and asked:'Do you understand what cooperation is… what being a member of a team is?'
The little boy nodded in the affirmative.
'Do you understand that what matters is whether we win or lose together as a team?
The little boy nodded yes.
'So,' the coach went on: 'I'm sure you know, when a decision is called against you, you shouldn't argue, curse, attack the umpire, or call him a stupid ****** idiot. Do you understand all that?
Again the little boy nodded.
He continued: 'And when I take you out of the game so another boy gets a chance to play, it's really not good sportsmanship to call your coach 'a dumb @#$%& !!! '… is it?
Again the little boy nodded.
'Good … now go over there and explain all that to your grandmother.'
Source: Thanks to BH.
Dr Geoff Pound