A really good video about this subject:
I couldn't really tell if that was a song or a poem but yeah that's a really good video about it and that's it, that's what I play for is that one win to be a sign of improvement. That's why I like it more than RuneScape which I haven't played in almost a week and don't really want to. In League you improve, get better, move up the ladder, but in RuneScape you just chase exp, grind for days to get more experience than that person, that is doing the same thing as you. That's getting in to a different conversation though.