While I do agree with competition and keeping score, I do not believe that being number 1 makes you a better person than someone who is in the number 2 slot or number 3 for that matter. I have experienced winning many times in my life and know that my winning did not ever, not once, make me a better person that those below me. While a striving hard, nose to the grindstone, can do attitude will strengthen character, caution must be taken not to allow your ego to make you think you are better than everyone else. I think that the original point that was intended but may have been taken too literally was that no matter who wins, that does not make them better people than those who do not win. This is not a bad principle. I don't believe however that is an excuse for not keeping score or encouraging our youth to strive for excellence. Living a life of laziness and victimhood all in the name of equality is in my personal opinion not a good use of this beautiful life God gave us. But.....it is also not my place to judge what lessons others need to learn. Each philosophy has it's merits as long as the underlying principle is in place.