Diving

I am a varsity diver for my high school team. I think I have done a very good job so far in my "career" in diving. I've won three ILH school Diving Championships (Intermediate in 7th, JV in 9th, and Varsity in 10th), placed in the top five for last year's state championships, and am making constant improvement in my diving. My current coach, Wally Nakamoto, is constantly using metaphors and tells us many sayings during practice. I think that they're supposed to motivate the team to do better. Although his sayings don't really motivate me to be better, I think that his most meaningful quote is; "You see, diving is not just diving—it builds character and it will take you places."
I would have to agree with this constant saying. I think that it does build character. Diving can help build personal dignity or carriage for a coach or diver. In the diving seasons I've been with Wally, he remarks on how a diver looks on the board—shoulders back, chin up in confidence, stomach in and tight butt for elegance—and how all of this can be carried over into a diver's activities out of the pool. He also talks about how confidence in the pool carries over into school and other activities. I would agree with him. Personally, if I feel happy about my diving for a practice or meet, I feel noticeable happier and perky, I guess. That's from personal experience. I think this saying could be applied to any and other sports too.
I guess what Wally tries to say is that what you do in one "arena of life" will carry into another and maybe more than one aspect of a person's life.