Sport and life stories. A proposal for a new itinerary based on a self concept Life stories are becoming more frequent as far as sciences of sport are concerned. They usually approach the sportive idols' past life in order to understand the present. But life is not only about the past and the present; there is a need to consider the future. Therefore, authors propose a new kind of itinerary to gather and build life stories. Based on a kind of self perspective, authors work in scenery where the

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... uture rises within its explanatory power over the present time, adding this new idea to the well known diachronic and synchronic visions. The inevitable conclusion is that beyond a life story there are innumerous life stories /histories, several narratives with several subjects together in a whole of inter subjectivity. Rev Port Cien Desp 9(1) 90-102 91 Desporto e histórias de vida Rev Port Cien Desp 9(1) 90-102