Sportsmanship and teamwork is an important part of your daily life. My dad used to swim when he was in high school and sportsmanship and teamwork played a big part in his high school career. My dad's definition of sportsmanship is, it's an attitude, it's playing by the rules and playing fair. His definition of teamwork is, always promote the other teammates to succeed at your goals. Using teamwork and sportsmanship while competing promotes other teammates to promote the best out of everyone for the good of the team. Sportsmanship and teamwork helps you in your sport, because you could not succeed without the support of the team and the fans cheering you on. Sportsmanship and teamwork help you in your daily life. Things cannot be done alone; you need help in everyday tasks from others. Everybody needs teammates to complete the tasks and to do them well...