The Defining Trait of an Elite Competitor
The defining trait of an elite competitor is that elite competitors want to compete against the best of the best. Elite competitors just don’t want to win; they want to earn their wins. On the other hand, elite competitors also aren’t afraid of losing.
Obviously, elite competitors don’t like to lose, but winning is not the primary goal. The primary goal is to test themselves and find out where they stand. This means that elite competitors rarely go undefeated. They understand that taking a loss is the only way to both learn and truly know they are challenging themselves against the best competition. What’s more, for elite competitors, those losses are often more memorable than many of the wins.