Well I'm not sure what that means, and I have thought about it a lot.
Having suffiicient skill to overcome an opponent's level of skill, thereby verifying said level of skill or thereby learning from failure if said opponent bettered you. Doing this over and over to rule out luck and thereby to continue said confirmation or learnings.
Learning, building skill, and working to win continually
against the best leads to growth (vs decline) and happiness (vs disappointment) and satisfaction/completion (vs the empty feeling of hollow victories) as well as pride of fulfilling one's potential.
Winning is good.
"Be the fist of goodness", as I've recently learned from the TV.