Looking for an appropriate idiomatic phrase “the joy in competing” or similar

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I'm looking for an idiomatic phrase that lies between "the thrill of victory" and "the agony of defeat", in the competition itself, enjoying it for its own sake — something like "the joy in competing" (which gets a few thousand Google hits, but not loads.) Otherwise I could go with something like "competing for the sake of enjoyment".

Does anything else come to mind?

Best Answer

  • A race well run
  • A job well done
  • The thrill of the game
  • Hale fellows and well-met
  • Better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all

might get you the kind of hits you want in about the right area.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hail_fellow_well_met

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