Do you want to compete at the highest level of competition AND win? If yes, you must answer the following questions.

Are you willing to...

Make winning the primary focus? Put your ego on the line? Make unpopular decisions? Disregard what onlookers think of you? Put in the work? Spit in the face of moral victories? Equivocate losing with failure? Sacrifice menial relationships if necessary? Play through pain? Choose gamesmanship over sportsmanship? Sacrifice your statistics to make the team better? Accept constructive criticism? Defer to (or accept the responsibility of) the team's true alpha dog? Accept that 'playing your best' might not be good enough? Completely exploit your opponent's weaknesses at every turn? Trash talk if you believe it gives you an edge? Celebrate teammate's successes more than your own? Never let up despite a one-sided score? Use any 'tournament legal' means to win? Leave your heart and soul out on the court/field/controller everytime you compete?

Something to think about.