Plato and the Four Cardinal Virtues
Individual human beings are not self-sufficient; no one working alone can acquire all of the genuine necessities of life.
Platobelieved that it is important to rely upon the value of a good education.
The rational soul (mind or intellect) is the thinking portion within each of us, which discerns what is real and not merely apparent, judges what is true and what is false, and wisely makes the rational decisions in accordance with which human life is most properly lived.
The spirited soul (will or volition), on the other hand, is the active portion; its function is to carry out the dictates of reason in practical life, courageously doing whatever the intellect has determined to be best.
Finally, the appetitive soul (emotion or desire) is the portion of each of us that wants and feels many things, most of which must be deferred in the face of rational pursuits if we are to achieve a salutary degree of self-control.
Four cardinal virtues that were recognized by Plato: Prudence, Justice, Fortitude, Temperance.

The Concept of Justice in Greek Philosophy
The Greeks looked upon justice as a virtue in action, and therefore a virtue.
To both Plato and Aristotle, justice meant goodness as well as willingness to obey laws.
The Greeks were devoted to their laws partly because of the belief in their superhuman origin and partly because the general principles embodying the law were believed to be perfect and permanent and not subject to change at the will of the people.
In his theory of Ethics, Plato held that the soul is in essence rational and immortal.
Justice is relative to persons, and a justice distribution is one in which the relative values of the things given correspond to those of the persons receiving.
The ethical goal of happiness cannot be attained without some non-ethical prerequisites, such as the proper discharge of mental and bodily functions and the satisfaction of economic needs.

Practical Wisdom (Prudence)
The role of memoria consists of developing and enriching special motor memory from past experiences, and so it is one of the goals of any practice of technical elements.
Docilitas is the kind of open-mindedness that recognizes the true variety of things and situations to be experienced and does not cage itself in any presumption of deceptive knowledge.
Justice is an essential virtue for a good community, the ancient polis".
Prudence is more important in some sports and less in others. But there is no sport that does not practice the virtue of prudence.
The cognition of oneself and of others and the environment is a crucial factor in any sports activity, especially during competition.
Memoria, or memory, means more than the capacity for recollection which we have by nature.
Docilitas means "the ability to take advice, sprung not from any vague 'modesty,' but simply from the desire for real understanding.
Without the willingness to learn, the majority of sports activities would become too complicated to perform.
Solertia is the "capacity for instantly grasping an unexpected situation, and deciding with extreme quick-wittedness"

Courage (Fortitude)
Courage, (also bravery or valor) is the choice and willingness to confront agony, pain, danger, uncertainty, or intimidation.
Fear and confidence can determine the success of a courageous act or goal.
An excess or deficiency of fear or confidence can distort courage.
Courage is referred to as fortitude in medieval virtue ethics, championed by Averroes and Thomas Aquinas and Roman Catholicism.
In Catholicism and Anglicanism, courage is one of the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit.
Courage is the self-affirmation of being in spite of the fact of non-being. It is the act of the individual self in taking the anxiety of non-being upon itself by affirming itself.

Moderation (Self-Control and Temperance)
* Temperance in its modern use is defined as moderation or voluntary self-restraint. It is typically described in terms of what an individual voluntarily refrains from doing.
Sophrosune is defined in four ways:
one who has quietness,
one who has modesty,
one who does his own business, and
one who knows himself.

Aristotle on Ethics and Virtues
The central issue for Aristotle is the question of character or personality.
According to Aristotle, things of any variety have a characteristic function that they are properly used to perform.
A happy person will exhibit a personality appropriately balanced between reasons and desires, with moderation characterizing all.
Unlike any intellectual capacity, virtues of character are dispositions to act in certain ways in response to similar situations, the habits of behaving in a certain way.
Aristotle sharply disagreed with Socrates's belief that knowing what is right always results in doing it.
In a particularly influential section of the Ethics, Aristotle considered the role of human relationships in general and friendship (Greek φιλια philia) in particular as a vital element in the good life.