Tom Brady explains that he used anger as a tool to focus his concentration and drive during his playing career.

“I could not look at you on the field I like Ryan off the field when you take your stuff off great Ryan the Steeler like you wanted to kill me and I wanted to kill you that's just the way it was not literally but just I wanted to make sure that we did our job”

He believes the desire to compete and excel at a high level stems from an internal feeling that one lacks value and must prove themselves to be noticed.

“I don't believe I belong anywhere I don't believe I have value I feel like if I don't create it I won't be invited if I don't if I don't show up if I don't work harder than everyone else then then then I won't then no one will notice me”

He argues that holding a grudge allows Jordan to lock in and elevate his focus and intensity beyond normal levels.

“It just helps you lock in and elevate your focus and intensity and everything and then the game does you do perform better usually right like that”

Academic competition is an ineffective and poor way to live because it encourages comparing oneself to others rather than exploring one's own capabilities.

“Competition means, your whole thing is about doing little better than somebody else. This is a very poor way to live.”

The current societal obsession with competition is often unnecessary and pointless.

“it's weird how competitive everything is and it's so unnecessarily so”

Competitors like Amazon should be viewed as rivals that inspire a company to improve rather than as existential threats to be feared.

“Rivals are there to inspire you to be better if you treat your any one of your competitors in a different way I think you're doing you're causing a category mistake”

Kenny Bednarek advocates for the existence of healthy rivalries in track and field as they are beneficial to the sport.

“But, yeah, it's definitely good for a sport. We need healthy rivalries rivalries like that.”