... the person competing in an exercise for example pride, fun and personal satisfaction. Extrinsic motivation carries large responsibility on whether we choose to learn a new skill or not this is because it relies on external factors eg. Prizes or recognition, if the sportsperson wishes to gain more prizes then they will have to learn or improve new skills in order to better their last performance. Another extrinsic motivation also relates to cases where young sports people are forced into carrying on with a sport so as not to upset their parents. Extrinsic and intrinsic motivation although very separate ideas are also closely linked, for example within a long distance race the external factors are your other competitors, because they're trying to do their best aswell, you want to try harder to beat them however you may still have the desire to achieve success. Some may argue that the statement ...

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