Sports' Hierarchy of Needs: What Motivates Every Athlete

Psychologist Abraham Maslow is famous for describing humans' simple motivation system, which he called Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. It describes what motivates each person moving through life's ups and downs.  Starting with physiological, Maslow hypothesized that everyone's basic need for food, water and shelter trumped everything else. Once that was met, people would move on to the need to feel safe. With the most basic of needs met, people would then try to achieve social goals, self-esteem g...