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GOD, please let me play well, but fairly

Let competition make me strong, but never hostile

In this and all things, guide me to the virtuous path

If I know victory, grant me happiness

If I am denied, keep me from envy

See me not when I am cheered,

but when I bend to help my opponent up.

Seal it in my heart that everyone who takes the court with me,

becomes my family

Remind me that sports are just games

Teach me something that will matter,

once the games are over

And if through athletics I set an example,

please let it be a good one.

                                                                                  AMEN