I thought this post contributed to the discussion here so I vouched for it. Yes one of the things you hopefully learn in sports is not just teamwork but that y

I thought this post contributed to the discussion here so I vouched for it. Yes one of the things you hopefully learn in sports is not just teamwork but that you are ultimately trying to be a little bit better every practice, every competition. And that is all on you, and success is measured individually. It's one of the things I like about sports like running, you can always compare your performance with your previous time. Setting a new PR ("personal record") is what you are mostly striving for.