Its all about what kind of competitor you are. If you love the challenge and don't back down from anything, you are a good competitor. If you ask for strength and not easier tasks then you are a great competitor. That's what I need to be. I catch myself saying in the seventh- I hope I don't get another at-bat so I can go 1 for 3. But that's not being a competitor- on any level- because a competitor knows that the next time he gets up he is going to get a hit and that the team is more important than himself and that all he cares about is winning. so therefore, he wants the at-bat because he loves competing, wants his team to win because it is more important than himself, and knows he will get a hit.