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Sun Tzu

Philip Foti
11-20-12
History 7[th]
Sun Tzu

"Know your enemy and know yourself and in 100 battles you will never peril." (History Channel The Art of War). Sun Tzu said this quote in his book The Art of War and he is talking about how having knowledge in advance is a great way to achieve victory. Sun Tzu, an ancient Chinese war philosopher wrote the book, The Art of War, which gives a war general guidelines on how he can ensure his success in battle. Knowing the enemy is a great way to be able to win a war, but it is also very important for achieving a victory in sports. Even though Sun Tzu's Art of War has excellent guidelines for a commander to lead his army to victory, it is an even ...

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without anyone knowing. When the person on that base takes their lead off the player tags them out. This is a great play because no one on the other team knows what is about to happen. Another example of deception in sports is Diego Maradona's goal in the 1986 FIFA World cup quarter final. Argentina was playing England in a close game, resulting in a zero to zero first half. In the second half Maradona saw the opportunity to cheat. When the ball was kicked high into the goalie box he and the much taller English goalie went after it. Obviously the taller goalie would be able to reach over Maradona and grab the ball, but Maradona secretly held his hand beside his head and punched the ball into the goal before the English goalie could have a chance to grab the ball. Maradona said the goal, "came from the Hand of God" (fifa.com), which is now what the goal is known as today, because he used his hand to score the goal. Argentina went on to win the game two to one, because Maradona ...

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Added: 8/25/2013 04:47:17 PM
Submitted By: philfoti
Category: Philosophy
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