1. sports gives you everything you want it can be fame , money ,popularity etc. the only things you have to give is dedication and hardwork with consistency. It gives you physique with good mental health and relax you down and it is also a great stress booster .
2. If you want to be a sportsperson you have to deal with many things because it requires a lot of patience in or out of the field you cant just loose your temper so easily . It requires a great level of sportsmanship and first of all you have to be discipline towards the things you do you have to respect your sports as well as your teacher or qoute. As we know both teacher and  disciple require each others support. Dronacharya in epic Mahabharta is also incomplete without his disciple Arjun and vice a versa.
3. Leadership is the foremost quality that a sportsmen requires. You have the appropriate way to lead your partners or team with great enthusiasm, confidence and way to tackle every problem with a decisive nature. Everyone dont have leadership quality and nor it is easy to develop it takes patience, dedication and more than that a feeling of brotherhood so no one feel inferior in the team . Like in lasts few years in Indian cricket we have the best captain also known as Captain Cool Mahendra Singh Dhoni . This name has its own craze in peoples because of his captaincy. Thala was not only a good captain but also he was a great player with extraordinary skills such as good decision making at the time of pressure , optimistic thinking , never to give up approach , playing for nation, confidence , calmness etc. 
4. Today ,in world of football we know the many names such as Ronaldo, Messi, Neymar etc. these are not names these are legends of the world in football . How they make their name so famous ? This is by playing on field with excellence and there proper consistency and hardwork. Ronaldo is the top footballer of world and he is also a business man. He exactly knows that how to use his name in correct place and because of this he earns millions and billions today.
5. So, overall sports life can give you anything but all is that you have to practice it regularly make it your habit and play it for dignity and pride of yourself and your nation as well.