I'm an avid competitor. It only takes someone saying that he's good at something for my mind to start thinking that I can beat him plain and square if I get on the subject. Deep inside I may know that it's not true, sometimes far from the truth and maybe even close to envious delusions; but competition motivates me like nothing else in the world.

Years after I've stopped playing Quake III: Arena seriously, I still feel cocky and uneasy when someone says he *knows how to play the game*...

It happens all the time and in all environments, including my job... Yet I have never been arrogant or prideful. Or have I ?