The other side of that coin is to realize that who you are, where you came from, what you believe often (but not always especially in the last case) is somethin

The other side of that coin is to realize that who you are, where you came from, what you believe often (but not always especially in the last case) is something you have no control over. Sports is the perfect example of this in that you can and should take great pride and joy in everything that makes you, you, but also realize that there's someone on the other side of the TV screen that has the same reasons for taking pride and loving who they are. If you can both do that and appreciate the other for that, and not hate them because of it, then you've got it right.