Do something amazing on the field of play.
Scream at the top of your lungs afterward.
Watch the Super Bowl in some bar amongst total strangers. Be amazed by the instant community that forms.
Keep on (or start) playing sports, and take it seriously. Join a league. Compete. Care. This is what sports is all about.
This last statement was the real lesson of my four years here at the Crimson Sports department. In many ways we, as writers or editors, were looking to continue our relationship with competitive sports by working with this newspaper.
No varsity team would have given me a first look, let alone a second one. So, I decided to write about those athletes with that little extra genetic or motivational boost. But...it simply was not the same. Writing about sports and being a part of the game are different things; the lessons learned from competing transcend what actually occurs on the playing field.
So, grab hold of your youth and, in addition to watching, play sports. Make time. Fight. Struggle. Work on your game. Win. Lose.
Care.