God and Sports?

I was just finishing up an episode of the boxing anime Hajime no Ippo, where Ippo the main character takes on Date, the champion. I'm an avid sports fan and have often linked many aspects of sports to every day living. A religious thought occurred to me today while watching this championship bout. There are certain kinds of people that are made to represent the sport, thus, becoming champions. They are few in number, and the greatest have an everlasting influencing on the nature of the sport. The rest of us, as a result, are fans. We simply wish to be fans of the sport, to emulate the champions in whatever way we can, either through our normal daily lives, or possibly taking up the sport itself and becoming great. 

Now how this relates religiously is through relations with God. There are those of us who want to be one with him, to be like him, to be his champion. These can be correlated to the Christian Saints or the Hindu Saviour. And than there are those who have appreciate the sport, realizing that they can never become champions, choose to watch and support those in whichever way they can. 

In sport too, there are those who seek perfection. And our lives, we seek to be like God but in the end, we cannot be totally like him. Just as there is no perfect fighter, no perfect basketball player, no perfect football player, our human limitations prevent us from doing so. 

But that is not to say we should stop trying, because in our reaching for lofty goals, we cross our human boundaries and transcend beyond ourselves. As a humanity, we become greater through our efforts. 

I hope I explained everything clearly enough, and if I've made mistakes, feel free to correct me