Australian Darren Cahill, a professional tennis coach, ended the phrase this way [ref]
Reference: Darren Cahill - (born 02.10.1965), former tennis player, winner of 15 Grand Prix and ATP tournaments in singles and doubles, winner of the 2001 World Team Cup as captain of the Australian national team. Coach of Lleyton Hewitt (Australia), Andre Agassi (USA), Simona Halep (Romania) and Yannick Cinner (Italy), who were World No. 1s in different years.
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Editor's Comment
(Mark Beygelzimer): It is indicative that such a profound thought was succinctly and accurately expressed not by a philosopher (notional Spinoza), not by an aphorist (notional Jerzy Lecz) and not by a poet (notional Oscar Wilde), but by a man of a very “down-to-earth” profession - a sportsman and tennis coach.
Darren Cahill uttered this phrase in the context of unfair treatment of women's tennis by the management of one of the four biggest tournaments in the world - Roland Garros. However, the meaning of his words goes far beyond sporting ethics.
In fact, it is a principle that should distinguish human society from animals: respect for the weak by the strong (in every sense of such relations) is the moral principle of existence of civilized mankind. But, unfortunately, today our world lives by another principle, ironically formulated by Mikhail Zhvanetsky: “Good always defeats evil. So, the one who wins is the good one.”
On the cover: Darren Cahill, photo by AFP via Getty Images. Photo source: Mail Online
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