Girls Dont' Do Sports?

[V M]

My point, just in case you missed it, is that there are many great athletes among all genders. And I don't care for stereotyping either 

I also don't resort to potty mouthing off at others. Thank You 

[lisagurl]

Competition brings out the best in people  get used to it if you deal with people.

[V M]

Competition brings out the best in people  get used to it if you deal with people.

No doubt 

[mina.magpie]

I rather work "with" people than compete.

Same, which is why non-competitive disciplines like the martial arts or parkour appeal to me. Yeah, it can be made competitive, but ultimately it's just you against yourself.

Competition brings out the best in people  get used to it if you deal with people.

I don't necessarily agree with that. On a small scale between individuals yes, but translated onto a bigger arena you get UK football fans and nasty business practices. The model within open source development, where people work collectively on a project, but gather "merit" based on how much they contribute to the project, and to the open source community, that model works really well, harnessing the best competition and cooperation have to offer, without the nasty side-effects of either.

Mina.