Finish The Sentence… Is Winning Everything Or Is There More ?

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254 – September, 2026

By Carmen L. Battaglia

When it comes to sports, all of us have heard someone talking about winning. It always comes up and usually leads to someone who says, yes… winning is everything. Well, it may be central to all sports and competitive activities, but is it everything or is there something more? No one says it better than Lee Corso, a football sports announcer who became famous for his phrase “Not so fast my friend.” He would often use this phrase during his regular Saturday morning TV shows. With a panel of his peers, Corso would discuss and analyze the performance of different teams and players. The winners and the losers. This usually involved everyone, and it included their opinion and reasons for a team’s win or loss, and how a players’ performance made a difference. Corso’s quick observation and unique understanding of the sport made him famous when he would counter an opinion or conclusion about a team or player with, “Not so fast my friend.” Then he would follow with his perspective and analysis. His phrase during the Saturday morning weekly shows attracted a large and diverse audience who soon developed a taste for Corso’s observations and analysis. Since Corso was rarely wrong, his ideas about winning being everything also attracted national attention because he looked at things as having more than two sides.

Knowing the history of a sport was always central to Corso’s thinking, and his understanding of the players and the events became the cornerstone of his observations. He connected many facets of what took place and gave a new and fresh view to his audience. He could put the events and changes into perspective for everyone to consider.

I think if he were asked to host a TV dog show and speak about how dog shows have changed over the past 20 years, he might begin with a discussion about winning with a review of the original purpose of the dog show–which was intended to be a local event held on a weekend. In the beginning, dog shows were considered as the place to meet new and old friends, breeders, and exhibitors. It was the place to see stud dogs and their offspring.

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254 – September, 2026

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