Quote Originally Posted by The Troubadour View Post
That's not what happened. Climbing the tower and overcoming Korin's speed WAS the training, that water had no special properties at all. There was a time when Goku got a power boost from drinking sacred water, but that was when he had to fight King Piccolo, and drinking the water nearly killed him.
Misuderstanding the argument

He was insisting that Goku wanting the water in the first place was Goku being willing to take a free power up even though Goku had to work his ass off to get it and consciously chose not to steal it when he had the chance.