Play to learn > Play to win

I came across a snippet of an old Kobe Bryant interview and I felt like I had to share it: Interviewer: There's players who love to win and players who hate to lose. Which one are you? Bryant: Neither. I play to figure things out. I play to learn something. If you play with the fear of failure or you play with the will to win, or that supersedes your fear of failure, I think it's a weakness either…