If winning isn't everything, why do they keep score?
No leader, however great, can long continue unless he wins battles. The battle decides all.
If it doesn't matter who wins or loses, then why do they keep score?
I would say that the quality of each man's life is the full measure of that man's commitment of excellence and victory - whether it be football, whether it be business, whether it be politics or government or what have you.
Gentleman, this is a football.
Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.