A Take on the Benefits of Sports for Kids

I was reading a book on Michelle Obama today, and I loved her take on the benefits of engaging kids in sports. As she said, " First, it is good for them. It's good to practice teamwork, to understand what it means to suffer a loss and to win with grace. Each of her girls could choose on sport to play, and she chose another for them to play also. She did this so "they would understand what it feels like to do something you don't necessarily like and to improve because in " real life, we don't always like everything we have to do." Please give me your input on her philosophy and share your own stories and philosophies on sports for kids.