Sportsmanship is the ability to conduct yourself in a respectable way no matter what the circumstances are during a sporting event. I think our team has lived up to this core value despite not having played a game. I feel this way because sportsmanship is something that starts from the practice floor then translates into an actual game. During open gyms I have seen plenty examples of someone getting knocked down from a hard foul then three or four players run to help him get up. There hasn’t really been any trash talking. There haven’t been any players that have acted like sore losers after a game ended. I believe these values will be demonstrated once our season begins, because Coach Grzella expects us to act in a respectable manner no matter what the circumstances are.

It was the same way during my last two years at Illinois Central. Coach Wysinger demanded us to maintain respect for opponents, referees, and each other. We were expected to play with a sense of class. Coach didn’t want us to do any excessive celebrations like hanging on the rim or running to the middle of the