Sweet Victory on the Field of Life
7th July 2026 By Abiodun Giwa
Sweet victory. Who doesn't like it? It is the love of it that makes soccer players dance when they score a goal, run across the eighteen-yard box, and fall on one another like 16-year-olds in celebration. It showcases dancing as an act of joy and a breakthrough. Don't we all like to move our feet, shake our bodies, and show off smiling when the heavens align with our plans? People hardly dance without music. Just as soccer players work hard to entertain an audience after much practice, so do musicians.
What many people see in these professional entertainers is the success and lifestyle of nothing held back. Some attribute their joy to their success and wealth. It mimics an entire human life story of hard work, dealing with opponents' booby-traps to score the goal on the field of play, and waxing the best songs. And who says hard work doesn't pay?
We heard of the Brazilian Edson Arantes do Nascimento, Pelé, an icon of no small measure. So also was Diego Maradona. And there were scores like those on the international, national, and local stages, talking about soccer and other sports. The same applies to music stars: Michael Jackson, The Beatles, and all others in different genres. Imagine Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley and others like them, dead or alive.
When they are dead, their works endure and resonate. They challenge others who want to be like them to work and aspire to continue the good work. So, entertainment has no end, and the world doesn't lack something to cheer up struggling people. Soccer unites, like music, and breaks boundaries, unlike politics, which divides and makes people unhappy, and causes politicians to wage war against one another in pursuit of an imaginary equality. However, it pains to see some politicians who prefer to see others working hard while others don't; rather than creating an enabling environment for everyone's success, they choose to nationalize handouts.
In all these, we must remember the early economists who propounded the idea of labor and wages, or payment for work done, as motivation. Monetary compensation plays a greater role. Some soccer and music players would have chosen another field to be rich. And there is nothing better than seeing others joyful, poor, or wealthy. The reason musicians, especially the non-political ones and non-partisan ones, resemble sportspeople is that they don't divide us. However, one must not forget that protest or advocacy music stars like Fela Anikulapo Kuti have reasons for choosing their path, compelling society managers to do the needful to support humane development that positively affects all.
Not all players are stars, just like in the real world, where you find some excelling more than others. But teamwork or collaboration ensures good outcomes. Messi is currently a great name and the greatest of them all because he knows how to harness teamwork; he is the goat, as fans and colleagues call him. Of course, Ronaldo is another. And many others are hit. Kylian Mbappé, Vinicius Junior, and the new sensation Lamine Yamal are among the emerging stars behind Messi and Ronaldo, acting their parts.
William Shakespeare said we are all actors, not only on the stage but also in real life, whether in politics, sports, or on the home front. We all want to win and have no losses. However, the truth is that some win and some lose. We cannot all win and lose at the same time. As in sports, so also is it in life. Naturally, losers are often sullen. The best is to learn from mistakes that cause losses to be a winner and then dance.
And not only the team that wins or will win the World cup that will dance. There have been numerous dances before the is won, from scoring goals by individual players and joined by team members in celebration, expecting to move from one round to another. some got eliminated along the way, some reaching the round of 16, others entered the quarter finals, other are expecting to get into the semi-finals, and the final, one teal will do the ultimate dance of total victory when the cup is eventually won and lifted.
What many people see in these professional entertainers is the success and lifestyle of nothing held back. Some attribute their joy to their success and wealth. It mimics an entire human life story of hard work, dealing with opponents' booby-traps to score the goal on the field of play, and waxing the best songs. And who says hard work doesn't pay?
We heard of the Brazilian Edson Arantes do Nascimento, Pelé, an icon of no small measure. So also was Diego Maradona. And there were scores like those on the international, national, and local stages, talking about soccer and other sports. The same applies to music stars: Michael Jackson, The Beatles, and all others in different genres. Imagine Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley and others like them, dead or alive.
When they are dead, their works endure and resonate. They challenge others who want to be like them to work and aspire to continue the good work. So, entertainment has no end, and the world doesn't lack something to cheer up struggling people. Soccer unites, like music, and breaks boundaries, unlike politics, which divides and makes people unhappy, and causes politicians to wage war against one another in pursuit of an imaginary equality. However, it pains to see some politicians who prefer to see others working hard while others don't; rather than creating an enabling environment for everyone's success, they choose to nationalize handouts.
In all these, we must remember the early economists who propounded the idea of labor and wages, or payment for work done, as motivation. Monetary compensation plays a greater role. Some soccer and music players would have chosen another field to be rich. And there is nothing better than seeing others joyful, poor, or wealthy. The reason musicians, especially the non-political ones and non-partisan ones, resemble sportspeople is that they don't divide us. However, one must not forget that protest or advocacy music stars like Fela Anikulapo Kuti have reasons for choosing their path, compelling society managers to do the needful to support humane development that positively affects all.
Not all players are stars, just like in the real world, where you find some excelling more than others. But teamwork or collaboration ensures good outcomes. Messi is currently a great name and the greatest of them all because he knows how to harness teamwork; he is the goat, as fans and colleagues call him. Of course, Ronaldo is another. And many others are hit. Kylian Mbappé, Vinicius Junior, and the new sensation Lamine Yamal are among the emerging stars behind Messi and Ronaldo, acting their parts.
William Shakespeare said we are all actors, not only on the stage but also in real life, whether in politics, sports, or on the home front. We all want to win and have no losses. However, the truth is that some win and some lose. We cannot all win and lose at the same time. As in sports, so also is it in life. Naturally, losers are often sullen. The best is to learn from mistakes that cause losses to be a winner and then dance.
And not only the team that wins or will win the World cup that will dance. There have been numerous dances before the is won, from scoring goals by individual players and joined by team members in celebration, expecting to move from one round to another. some got eliminated along the way, some reaching the round of 16, others entered the quarter finals, other are expecting to get into the semi-finals, and the final, one teal will do the ultimate dance of total victory when the cup is eventually won and lifted.
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