You may love to compete, but are you a great competitor? These three characteristics define the perfect competitor. They get the most satisfaction when competing under maximum pressure. They want to compete against the best of the best, even though they may lose. They know that winning isn’t everything, but giving their best effort is.
One of the biggest reasons I struggled at West Point was my ability to run. It didn’t matter if it was running sprints at football practice or distance running for routine morning physical fitness training. When the going got tough I broke. I’m ashamed to admit this, as this is something I’ve mostly kept to […]
If you want to know how elite athletes become elite, you must first understand how elite athletes learn to endure pain. This is according to author Malcolm Gladwell and elite runner Alex Hutchinson. These two recently discussed this when talking to each other about what separates top athletes from the rest. Alex Hutchinson states: You […]