Most of the time in sports mental agility is just as important as physical prowess. Heinrich and Sanneh have similar views, with Heinrich supporting the idea that your mental strength is stronger than your physical strength. In “why we run”. Heinrich is suggesting that “mental strength and agility are just as important as physical prowess in sports.” in “what could be better than a touchdown?” Sanneh is doing the same.
First of all, when playing ANY sport, your mental strength is more important than your physical strength. Sometimes you have to think in order to make the right decision in this case of football, to make the decisions whether to make a touchdown or take a knee, like Dwight Lowery. “There are a few situations in football where scoring an easy touchdown is the wrong thing to do.” (Sanneh,57) Here Dwight Lowery had to think about what he wanted to do. He had to think if he was going to score an easy touchdown or to take a knee or do something else that he felt was necessary. “After a modest kick off return, the Vikings got the ball at their own…show more content… When you want to do something you have to put your mind to it, put your mind to it then you can do it. In this article “Why we run” Heinrich quotes “Most of us chase after ‘antelopes,’ and sometimes we catch them. Often we don’t. But why do we bother to try.” (Heinrich,65) The author uses the metaphor of the antelope to explain that running is about chasing dreams... chasing dreams is part of your mental agility because it is something you want to do or something that you think about. In addition, the author also quotes “...we are inherently more like wolves than lapdogs because the communal chase is part of our biological makeup.” (Heinrich,65) The author asserts that wolves chase prey instinctively, similar to humans chasing dreams instinctively..saying it's part of your instinct, it's also apart of your mental
