How competitive are you?

[RochesterRob]

  In business?  With women?  Sports or games?  I am pretty competitive overall but my blood pressure goes up when it comes to business.  I am the sort of guy who if he won a few million dollars after taxes I would enjoy making my competition squirm as it would be the most fun I could get out of it.  Even without a windfall I spend lots of time figuring out how to get the jump on other people.  I wish sometimes my competitors could know this but when smack talk gets back to me that just lights a fire to try harder.  My biggest regret is not being able to push back harder against them.

[Royale with Cheese]

I once got into a fist fight during a MarioKart game.

[Tiberius]

11 minutes ago, RochesterRob said:

  In business?  With women?  Sports or games?  I am pretty competitive overall but my blood pressure goes up when it comes to business.  I am the sort of guy who if he won a few million dollars after taxes I would enjoy making my competition squirm as it would be the most fun I could get out of it.  Even without a windfall I spend lots of time figuring out how to get the jump on other people.  I wish sometimes my competitors could know this but when smack talk gets back to me that just lights a fire to try harder.  My biggest regret is not being able to push back harder against them.

I'm more into pushing myself to get better. I once played a guy in chess who was so competitive he just wouldn't move. I thought it was going to be a quick friendly game but he was taking twenty minutes a move and I said screw this and quit and he went around bragging to anyone who would listen that he beat me. Like for years! What a *****! 

[Buffalo_Gal]

21 minutes ago, RochesterRob said:

  In business?  With women?  Sports or games?  I am pretty competitive overall but my blood pressure goes up when it comes to business.  I am the sort of guy who if he won a few million dollars after taxes I would enjoy making my competition squirm as it would be the most fun I could get out of it.  Even without a windfall I spend lots of time figuring out how to get the jump on other people.  I wish sometimes my competitors could know this but when smack talk gets back to me that just lights a fire to try harder.  My biggest regret is not being able to push back harder against them.

A ) Retired
B ) Every answer I posted here was dirty. I'll pass and say I like men. ? 
C ) I am not a sportsman. I played league softball when younger, and that was it. Games? Now there I can be cutthroat, especially pinochle (because I count cards).
 

[RochesterRob]

3 minutes ago, Buffalo_Gal said:

A ) Retired
B ) Every answer I posted here was dirty. I'll pass and say I like men. ? 
C ) I am not a sportsman. I played league softball when younger, and that was it. Games? Now there I can be cutthroat, especially pinochle (because I count cards).
 

  My apologies for failing to remember the female members here.  You are free to answer in regards to men.  A number of us are married or are with someone but we can always recount the days of our youth.

[ricojes]

35 minutes ago, RochesterRob said:

  In business?  With women?  Sports or games?  I am pretty competitive overall but my blood pressure goes up when it comes to business.  I am the sort of guy who if he won a few million dollars after taxes I would enjoy making my competition squirm as it would be the most fun I could get out of it.  Even without a windfall I spend lots of time figuring out how to get the jump on other people.  I wish sometimes my competitors could know this but when smack talk gets back to me that just lights a fire to try harder.  My biggest regret is not being able to push back harder against them.

I beat my 6 year old 2 out of 3 times in foosball yesterday...pissed about the one loss!

[Buffalo_Gal]

2 minutes ago, RochesterRob said:

  My apologies for failing to remember the female members here.  You are free to answer in regards to men.  A number of us are married or are with someone but we can always recount the days of our youth.

You don't have to change anything around for me. I think  @CowgirlsFan  and I are the only women currently actively posting  here (please correct me if I am wrong). While I cannot speak for her, I prefer to tease you all when things are posted that are very male-centric. Makes me laugh (apparently, I am easily amused). I would never expect someone to change their manner of posting for me in any way - well, except for @DC Tom , but I do not think that will happen. ? 

IOW, no apologies are necessary, but thank you for the thought!!

[DC Tom]

2 minutes ago, Buffalo_Gal said:

You don't have to change anything around for me. I think  @CowgirlsFan  and I are the only women currently actively posting  here (please correct me if I am wrong). While I cannot speak for her, I prefer to tease you all when things are posted that are very male-centric. Makes me laugh (apparently, I am easily amused). I would never expect someone to change their manner of posting for me in any way - well, except for @DC Tom , but I do not think that will happen. ? 

IOW, no apologies are necessary, but thank you for the thought!!

 

You're right.  It won't.  

 

Even though I've never called you an idiot.  But only because you haven't earned or deserved it.  Yet.

[RaoulDuke79]

Too competitive....I hate losing. When my wife and I first started living together we got into a huge fight because I she beat me in Memory and I got pissed and acted like a jerk.

[ricojes]

4 minutes ago, RaoulDuke79 said:

Too competitive....I hate losing. When my wife and I first started living together we got into a huge fight because I she beat me in Memory and I got pissed and acted like a jerk.

you'll never beat your wife in memory, she'll remember things you did wrong 20 years ago...

Edited June 6, 2019 by ricojes

[The Poojer]

from percentage perspective for me

 

 

[Seasons1992]

I'm extremely competitive. I get pissed when losing a cornhole game just playing for fun.

 

(For those with an alternate idea of what a "cornhole game" is, it's THIS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornhole)

[B-Man]

 

How competitive are you?

 

 

 

More than you  !!!!!

 

 

 

?

[Buffalo716]

2 hours ago, Royale with Cheese said:

I once got into a fist fight during a MarioKart game.

Still pissed you punched me in the face ?

[BringBackFergy]

When I played college football I was very competitive. When I was drafted in the 4th round I negotiated a guaranteed salary, made the team and basically coasted for three years until I suffered a torn labia. That ended my playing days but I socked enough dough away and still get royalties on my Ho-Ho and Palmolive commercials I made in the local television markets. 

[Augie]

2 hours ago, RochesterRob said:

  In business?  With women?  Sports or games?  I am pretty competitive overall but my blood pressure goes up when it comes to business.  I am the sort of guy who if he won a few million dollars after taxes I would enjoy making my competition squirm as it would be the most fun I could get out of it.  Even without a windfall I spend lots of time figuring out how to get the jump on other people.  I wish sometimes my competitors could know this but when smack talk gets back to me that just lights a fire to try harder.  My biggest regret is not being able to push back harder against them.

 

I always thought I was super competitive....until I got marrried, then had kids. My kids were crazy intense, and almost always excelled in every sport. They changed the rule in one summer HS hoops league that you could not foul out. I used to go attend those games only to see that one boy didn’t get into a fight. He was NOT intimidated by the older and bigger kids!

 

As competitive as the kids were, we were leaving a gym on day after a kids game. My wife’s phone rang and we all had to be quiet while she saved some deal. She got off the call and turned to the kids in the back and said “THAT is MY sport!” She’s the reason I can sit here and annoy you people so much of the day. Please don’t hate her for that.....she means well. 

[RochesterRob]

36 minutes ago, BringBackFergy said:

When I played college football I was very competitive. When I was drafted in the 4th round I negotiated a guaranteed salary, made the team and basically coasted for three years until I suffered a torn labia. That ended my playing days but I socked enough dough away and still get royalties on my Ho-Ho and Palmolive commercials I made in the local television markets. 

  Dammit!  I wanted to be drafted by the NFL and coast for a few years.  I was very quick but never played football on a competitive level due to my back.  I don't think that my body could have held to actually playing and when I was at Cornell I was told by a friend that the Ivy's typically play dirty ball because most players lack any real skill.  Who knows how much actual skill I would have had.  I had nightmares about catching a ball as a receiver then running the wrong way because I got knocked senseless.  Anyways, I projected myself to be a third rounder back in the mid-1980's.

Edited June 6, 2019 by RochesterRob

[Boca BIlls]

Lets just say I am extremely angry I didn't start this thread first.

[Pine Barrens Mafia]

I used to be a lot more competitive than I am now. I'm ashamed at the number of golf clubs I've broken or thrown into the water.

 

And that's just golf. Get me in front of a Risk board.

 

[Augie]

1 hour ago, Buffalo716 said:

Still pissed you punched me in the face ?

 

Hey, I bet you deserved it, and he decided your face was punchable. He was ahead of his time! 

[Gray Beard]

I’m a mild and lazy guy*

 

 

 

 

*not original, but true

[RochesterRob]

37 minutes ago, Joe in Winslow said:

I used to be a lot more competitive than I am now. I'm ashamed at the number of golf clubs I've broken or thrown into the water.

 

And that's just golf. Get me in front of a Risk board.

 

  Risk brings out the primal being in me.

[Cripple Creek]

41 minutes ago, Joe in Winslow said:

I used to be a lot more competitive than I am now. I'm ashamed at the number of golf clubs I've broken or thrown into the water.

 

And that's just golf. Get me in front of a Risk board.

 

Kamchatka. Strategic land or waste of time?

[Augie]

10 minutes ago, Cripple Creek said:

Kamchatka. Strategic land or waste of time?

 

It costs nothing to keep once you have it. Get it done. 

[Fr. Jerk]

Go hard or go home, ya dig?

[mead107]

6 hours ago, Buffalo_Gal said:

A ) Retired
B ) Every answer I posted here was dirty. I'll pass and say I like men. ? 
C ) I am not a sportsman. I played league softball when younger, and that was it. Games? Now there I can be cutthroat, especially pinochle (because I count cards).
 

A is the best 

[Boca BIlls]

20 hours ago, Cripple Creek said:

Kamchatka. Strategic land or waste of time?

I never lost a game once I got Australia.

[bdutton]

I am very competitive in precision shooting sports. Pistol and rifle... Olympic style and buckeye pistol too. 

 

 

[Augie]

33 minutes ago, bdutton said:

I am very competitive in precision shooting sports. Pistol and rifle... Olympic style and buckeye pistol too. 

 

 

 

Are you trying to intimidate us? 

 

Because it just might be working.......

 

?

[SinceThe70s]

On 6/6/2019 at 8:08 PM, The Jerk said:

Go hard or go home, ya dig?

 

I used to be ultra competitive but got soft as the years passed.

 

I once came in first and third place in a jerking off contest. Nobody could beat me.

 

Ya dig? 

[Augie]

This sounds kind of sad, even to me, but I’m not as competitive as I once thought I was. Over the years my thing was tennis. I’d rather play well and lose than play poorly and win. I just want to be pleased with how well I play.

 

There were guys I’d beat over and over for years, even when playing poorly. No great satisfaction there. There were others, including the club 4.0 then 4.5 champ who I had almost beaten (up 5-2 and 4-1 in the same match!) before he took it up a notch. I played great, but he had a mental gear I did not. He just decided to never miss, and that was that....he didn’t miss. Anything! I was not aware at the time that he was the Univ of Florida single season hoops top scorer. Some people just have “it”, that extra something. I was pretty good, but I didn’t have THAT. 

[SinceThe70s]

13 minutes ago, Augie said:

This sounds kind of sad, even to me, but I’m not as competitive as I once thought I was. Over the years my thing was tennis. I’d rather play well and lose than play poorly and win. I just want to be pleased with how well I play.

 

There were guys I’d beat over and over for years, even when playing poorly. No great satisfaction there. There were others, including the club 4.0 then 4.5 champ who I had almost beaten (up 5-2 and 4-1 in the same match!) before he took it up a notch. I played great, but he had a mental gear I did not. He just decided to never miss, and that was that....he didn’t miss. Anything! I was not aware at the time that he was the Univ of Florida single season hoops top scorer. Some people just have “it”, that extra something. I was pretty good, but I didn’t have THAT. 

 

So do you think the UF guy was more competitive, more talented, luckier? Did you ever give in due to any of these?

 

To me being competitive means giving it your all until the game is decided. I never lost that. What I did lose over time was talent and the inability to get over a loss - the latter is a sign of maturity not lack of competitiveness IMO.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Augie]

3 minutes ago, SinceThe70s said:

 

 So do you think the UF guy was more competitive, more talented, luckier? Did you ever give in due to any of these?

 

To me being competitive means giving it your all until the game is decided. I never lost that. What I did lose over time was talent and the inability to get over a loss - the latter is a sign of maturity not lack of competitiveness IMO.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Great questions, and I’m honestly not sure about the answers. If I had to guess, I may have stopped attacking, waiting for him to lose it when I should have kept my foot on the gas. But then I got out on him the next set too. The guy was a friggin’ machine that never missed! I suppose the club champ WAS more talented, and the high level athlete WAS more competitive. It wasn’t luck, that I know. 

 

But to my bigger point, I’d rather play well and lose. I was in a doubles league once and put on a court with a guy who had a full ride to play at UF, his doubles partner when he played in regional tournaments, and a third guy, some stranger. A buddy comes up to me and says “hey, I know you’re probably concerned about Tom and Chris, but it’s the tall guy you need to worry about. He lives down the street and I sat in his family room watching video of him playing Conners and Lendl at the US Open.” YIKES! Sure enough, it was legit! Top 10 doubles player before injury. In 3 sets I got 9 games and never lost my serve.  Losing 6-3 isn’t in any way horrfying. They were very gentlemanly, and it’s NOT a great score, but it was the highlight of my tennis career! I had no business on a court with THOSE guys. Played well, I was happy, win or lose. 

[Needle]

I used to be very competitive but as I have gotten older (40 this year) I find less outlets to compete. Most of my peers use their kids to compete and I can't get into that. I want my children to push themselves and compete for themselves but I don't feel like it's my own accomplishments.

 

The best way to be competitive as an adult is with your own self. Push your limits in whatever makes you happy and help others improve as well. You will live longer with this approach.

[SinceThe70s]

7 minutes ago, Augie said:

 

Great questions, and I’m honestly not sure about the answers. If I had to guess, I may have stopped attacking, waiting for him to lose it when I should have kept my foot on the gas. But then I got out on him the next set too. The guy was a friggin’ machine that never missed! I suppose the club champ WAS more talented, and the high level athlete WAS more competitive. It wasn’t luck, that I know. 

 

But to my bigger point, I’d rather play well and lose. I was in a doubles league once and put on a court with a guy who had a full ride to play at UF, his doubles partner when he played in regional tournaments, and a third guy, some stranger. A buddy comes up to me and says “hey, I know you’re probably concerned about Tom and Chris, but it’s the tall guy you need to worry about. He lives down the street and I sat in his family room watching video of him playing Conners and Lendl at the US Open.” YIKES! Sure enough, it was legit! Top 10 doubles player before injury. In 3 sets I got 9 games and never lost my serve.  Losing 6-3 isn’t in any way horrfying. They were very gentlemanly, and it’s NOT a great score, but it was the highlight of my tennis career! I had no business on a court with THOSE guys. Played well, I was happy, win or lose. 

 

Great story. The fact that it was a highlight of your career (I'm assuming you went into the match somewhat intimidated) and you never lost serve speaks to your competitiveness. 

[Augie]

10 minutes ago, SinceThe70s said:

 

Great story. The fact that it was a highlight of your career (I'm assuming you went into the match somewhat intimidated) and you never lost serve speaks to your competitiveness. 

 

I had a fairly big serve (nothing like THOSE guys), and a MONSTER at the net cleaning up after me in each set. It was a blast, even with the jitters at the beginning . My first act was to apologize. “Look guys, I’m sorry, but I had a couple good weeks at the start of the league and it pushed me into territory where I have no business. Let’s have fun.”  I’m sure I’m the only one who remembers that evening. It was hardly the US Open. Lol

 

 

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Edited June 8, 2019 by Augie

[Augie]

15 minutes ago, Needle said:

I used to be very competitive but as I have gotten older (40 this year) I find less outlets to compete. Most of my peers use their kids to compete and I can't get into that. I want my children to push themselves and compete for themselves but I don't feel like it's my own accomplishments.

 

The best way to be competitive as an adult is with your own self. Push your limits in whatever makes you happy and help others improve as well. You will live longer with this approach.

 

Our kids were really good athletes thru HS and AAU, and one could have played a couple sports in college. I had a soccer dad say to me once “it must be nice to know you’ll never have to work when you get older.”  WTF? He’s a 10 year old kid and that was only rec league soccer! He was a HS QB and recruited (glad he passed on that!) and we went to restaurants where people would not let us pay for his food. It got creepy! (HUGE tips instead.)

 

People would always come up to us with all kinds of praise. I’d ask them “why?” I did nothing. Tell him if you want. Parents want to take to much credit for what goes right, and take too much blame for what goes wrong. I know both sides of that, I promise! 

 

My wife competes in the business world. Famous quote is “THAT is MY sport!”  Fortunately, she’s pretty darn good at it. That’s why I have so much time to post and annoy you people!   ?

[US Egg]

My parents bought me a Snoopy logo "I hate losing" sweatshirt in the  mid 60's when I was about 7.

 

It was about losing at chess.

[Johnny Hammersticks]

How competitive?  I once broke a puero rican dude’s leg for sweatpant money.

[LB3]

Told my 5 year old niece that there's no Santa cus she beat me at Wii Bowling this past Christmas. So I'd say I'm about average when it comes to competitiveness.