Quotes About Competition

I think, in the U.S., we have such a focus on the physicality, on being the best athlete, that it sort of overshadows the football aspect of it.

I don't mind physicality in the least - I don't mind it in the least, both ends of the floor.

It's the NFL, so anytime you get to go out and get to play against another team, there's going to be some physicality.

There is a physicality where I had to become a bit bigger to face bigger players.

The English league itself is very strong physically, very demanding.

In a healthy way, I'm super competitive. I want to do everything to the best of my ability. If I'm not giving 110 percent, then it's not worth doing. That's really been the whole thing of my career so far, even down in NXT. I want to be the best I can physically be.

Golf is the only sport where watching the game is arguably as grueling physically as playing it.

Yes, yes, I'm very happy that I finally got through this match, beat No. 7 in the world. It's my best win so far. So I'm really happy the way I play today and felt really strong on the court physically, mentally.

I believe you can be young and compete in gymnastics if you have a coach who is looking out for you and if there is a good gym environment where the coaches are taking care of you emotionally and physically.

During my first Olympics in 1980, at the age of 23, I was physically in great condition but mentally too inexperienced to cope comfortably in the pressure cooker of an Olympic year.

You have to be that 1 percent or 2 percent better physically so you have more power and energy left than your opponent when you go to a third set.

Those five Rogers Cup matches were physically tough, and there were late nights, up until 2 or 3 A.M. - how could I fall to sleep after beating some of my heroes?

Being an athlete, my job was to physically perform.

As long as I am able to compete physically with the younger players, I am going to play.

The Championship is a ferocious league, physically demanding, and it simply does not allow players the luxury of cruising through.

You love the competitive one-on-one aspect, where you look across the net, and you're trying to beat your opponent. You're doing everything you physically can to win on that day.

Big Brother makes a game where it's competitive, not just a handicap match. Mentally, physically, strategically, emotionally, it's an even match. When you compete 100%, it's a real competition.

I think, from just playing street ball and stuff like that, I was always able to play up with the older guys, and I think that got me physically and mentally prepared to play on a high level of basketball.

When you play against older players, it's always a challenge physically and mentally.

The teams that you come across, they are not physically super-human, they are just very good. So it is asking what do we about that. How do we take on the challenge?

At middleweight, I started to find an ideal weight for me. I face guys my size, my height, and with my physique.

Pick your enemies carefully or you'll never make it in Los Angeles.

I'll tell you, people remember every single pick I make against their team, they really do. There's just so much passion in college football, I wouldn't have it any other way.

It's easier to pick off a fast runner than to pick off a lazy runner.