The politician was sitting at his campaign headquarters when the phone rang. He listened intently, and after a moment his face brightened.

When he hung up, he immediately phoned his mother to tell her the good news.

“Mom,” he shouted, “the results are in. I won the election!”

“Honestly?” she asked.

The politician’s smiled faded. “Aw, Mom, why bring that up at a time like this?”

We all like to win, don’t we? We all want to be part of the crowd chanting, “We’re number one! We’re number one.”

“Winning isn’t everything,” said legendary coach Vince Lombardi, “it’s the only thing.” Lombardi complained he was misquoted, but there are people who believe that winning is the only thing that matters.

Joe Jacobi of the Washington Redskins once said, “I’d run over my own mother to win the Super …