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Competitive Instinct and Team Spirit Can Get You a Long Way
Tri-City Psychology
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It doesn't matter that I've never met this person before. Nor that this person knows absolutely nothing about our intense feud. Nor that it's a different person each time. All I know is I'm not letting Ms. Purple Shorts get to the finish line before me. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/23/AR2009032301788.html">According to Ed Acevedo, president of the American Psychological Association's division of exercise and sports psychology, that behavior doesn't make me crazy. 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