I can’t say that I know much about the intricacies of a tennis game, let alone one on the Olympic level — but I think we could all learn a thing or two from Jack Sock.
As one of the top-ranked U.S. tennis players, he makes his country proud in more ways than one! In a stunning show of integrity and sportsmanship, Sock disagreed with the umpire during the Hopman Cup in Perth, Australia, in order to make sure the point went to his competitor.
Wait, he did what?
At a mere 23 years old, this young man proved that even as an accomplished star athlete, you should still hold yourself to a higher standard. Sock could have just as easily allowed his opponent, Lleyton Hewitt, to be penalized for something he didn’t do, but that just didn’t seem to sit well with him.
After the umpire calls "fault!" Sock says, quite passively, "That was in, if you want to challenge it." The best part about this entire video is the look on Hewitt’s face when he realizes his competitor is defending him.
There are so many incredible stories rolling out of the Olympics this year — from the world-famous chef feeding the homeless with leftovers from the Games, to that weird "cupping" form of therapy almost none of us knew about, it seems like heartwarming stories are happening all the time. And that’s great!
It should be noted that while this tennis player lost the match in this video, he later went on to win gold in the Olympics. Congratulations, Sock! You make all of us so proud to be American.
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