Quotes About Competition

I've always liked game shows - the competitive aspect and the character-driven personalities you see.

You see so many different personalities and mind-sets in the world of sports, just like you do with actors.

In combat sports, personalities are what draw.

I'm a little bit more introverted than maybe some of the big personalities in the sport.

I had an audition where Josh Brolin was pelting me with his personality. I didn't get the part.

Only he, who penetrates into the depth of the game, can express his personality in it.

I know a lot of Cup Series champions, and they each have a very different personality. They all go about handling adversity, their challenges, and even confrontation a little differently.

I always say golf's a really good exposer of a player's personality.

Everyone knows in the industry that when these great roles come up, every two years, there's a huge number of people up for them. I'm not one of those top five females that can personally finance any film.

When I lose, I take it very personally.

For me, personally, I really get a kick out of game shows. I like the play-along factor.

I don't really think about the personnel too much, I don't have a desired matchup, I just like going out and playing football. I treat everybody the same when I get out there. It doesn't matter if it's Deion Sanders or if it's an undrafted rookie, I'm going to try to go out there and give them work all day.

All human excellence is but comparative. There may be persons who excel us, as much as we fancy we excel the meanest.

I think American industry has lost perspective about their products.

I'm persuaded that sports is the one place where the rules are pretty well set out, where fans are equal. And if you got game or you're a good official, you make it here, whether you're white or you're black.

There's fierce competition between all the networks to get the guest who can bring the most pertinent information about whatever the story of the moment happens to be.

I have a very pessimistic view that every win takes you closer to a loss because no-one in the world can keep on winning forever.

My pet hate is being beaten by a team who works harder than you do.

Peter has the biggest mouth, so it goes to be a mouth contest.

The worst loss in my career - the 2002 World Championship final against Peter Ebdon.

I don't want my career to peter out fighting meaningless fights; I want to go against the best pound-for-pound boxers in the world.

Such great goalkeepers have played in England over the years - the likes of Gordon Banks, Peter Shilton, and Bert Trautmann.

At 14 I was the fastest runner in Denmark. I was nearly a professional goalkeeper. I could have been the rival of Peter Schmeichel.

I don't get into these petty things, Kentucky-Louisville. To me, it's nonsense... There will be people at Kentucky that will have a nervous breakdown if they lose to us... They've got to put the fences up on bridges. There will be people consumed by Louisville.