>>50063886Ash is the real winner because he had a champion's mindset. He didn't throw a fit because he didn't get first place in a tournament. He took pride in getting top 16 in his first tournament. Then top 8. Then top 4. Then top 2. Then he finally won, because he understood he wasn't going to be a star player overnight and kept going. He even started handicapping himself whenever he went a new region, because he understood that the learning experience of raising up a new team from the beginning was more important in the longrun than giving himself an advantage in a random tournament.
It's a good lesson for anyone competing in sports. Experience can take a long time to accumulate. Losing over and over is natural. Hell, you may never be a top player, but you never lose the things you lose.
