Quotes About Competition

You have to be physical. If you are not, defensive backs will try to pick on you.

I wanted to be the Number 1 overall pick.

I knew Scotty was going to win. At the beginning of the episode, I was like, 'Scotty, are you ready to win?'. I knew he was going to in my heart. I accepted it. I couldn't pick a more perfect person to get second place to. He's my best friend.

You're always at war with the guy on the other bench. You pick up their patterns. That's what I got the most out of this year. I know what other coaches like to do.

My philosophy is fight anyone, anywhere. If you're going to be the best then you're going to have to beat them all, so why pick and choose?

Listen, I'm the champ, and I'm not going to pick and choose who I fight.

All I do is fight, consistently, the best guys in the world, and sure, I've lost a couple here and there, but I've certainly won the majority of my fights. There are those who pick and choose opponents and try to pad their record along the way, but I've never done that.

I've picked up a few scars during games.

I started playing when I was about 16, and I got picked for the England youth team when I was 17 because I was doing quite well. It's all spiralled from there.

I've never picked any of my opponents - from Amir Khan to Lucas Matthysse to Keith Thurman to Lamont Peterson.

I feel like I've won every year the show has been picked up by Logo because, really, nothing beats a paycheck.

I just want to do well in every game that I'm picked to play.

I obviously think I should always be picked. Every player thinks he's good enough to be playing every week.

I never picked an opponent.

I told Gamboa he picked the wrong fighter and the wrong city, and I was right. I never felt any danger in the fight.

For me, I'm a fighter and I like to play for big clubs because that's where you improve yourself. Every day at training you have to give a hundred per cent to be picked by your manager.

The flight crew for the orbital mission has been picked, and I'm not on it. Of course I've been feeling pretty low for the past few days. All of us are mad because Glenn was picked.

When I was growing up, the honor role kids were picked on by the jocks. And those kids said, 'You know, 15 years from now, I'm going to be their boss and own them.'

In local cricket, I scored big hundreds and picked wickets against good teams.

I've always picked the fight that I thought would, you know what, that guy's really tough, and it's really competitive, but it's going to be a great show for the fans.

If the money's equal between the Rockets and Mavericks, I think players are picking Houston. Every time.

We're picking on people we can beat.

It's been frustrating. Since I've broken into the top five, I've seen the politics of fighters dodging fights, cherry picking fights and this that and the other.

Because I've been around the MMA block a little bit, I'm at a point now where I just want bodies to beat up. I'm past the point in my career where I'm picking and choosing.