Usually, the team that makes such an amazing play prevails, right?
The view that a game of chess should end in a draw given best play prevails.
But it nevertheless changed daily reality for tens of millions of Americans, (including, eventually, women, Latinos, the disabled and gays), and it stands as the most powerful example in modern history of what can happen when a spirit of bipartisanship, decency and fair play prevails.
Bad blood stemming from the Mayweather divorce made it seem like Saturday's fight would never happen – that Floyd would rather pass on a record-shattering purse than enrich his former boss – yet the vast sums of money at play ultimately prevailed.
But the cliché of "work hard, play hard" prevailed and I fell deeply in love with the United States.
As it turned out, after 2 hours 45 minutes of raw emotion and territorial tennis, Serena Williams really could play in the wind, just as she has played and prevailed in so many conditions and circumstances through the years.
Buoyed by this week's Supreme Court deliberations, he said he's confident that "that day will come, and that the American sense of fair play will prevail".
Liverpool will be hoping that Gerrard does not conform to type on this occasion and that the unremitting kind of resolve he displays on the field of play will prevail.
And whenever human events are at play, messiness prevails.
