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Quotes About Competition

There was one time I wrestled two boys and I beat them both! They weighed a lot less than I did and I think they didn't want to hurt a girl, so I don't know if I really won - I'd like to think I did.
~ Jaimie Alexander
I'm addicted to winning. The more you win, the more you want to win.
~ Larry Ellison
Tyson is a lot better than I thought, a lot better. People can talk about Spinks all they want... Tyson is the true champion.
~ Larry Holmes
Owners want to make their team a winner so they can get more fans in the stands, and that's why they go after the best ball-players and pay 'em what they're worth.
~ Moses Malone
I positively, positively, positively want to play. I've got everything else so why not a gold medal? I want to play.
~ Patrick Ewing
Sometimes I have to accept a job I don't really want. Hardly anybody comes up to you with a commission; it's all competitions these days.
~ Helmut Jahn
Consistency is a huge thing at the top. It's hard to get to a good level, but once you get to a certain level, there's people who want your place.
~ Joe Hart
I'm really happy I'm me because if I wasn't I'd be scared. If you want that Number One spot you need to listen to my album and try to beat it.
~ Kanye West
Theatre has so many competitors, it's no longer enough to see and hear a play. You want to be able to touch and smell it, too.
~ Lucien Bourjeily
I'm not the next Kournikova-I want to win matches!
~ Maria Sharapova
If you have a car and you win a race, you cannot just settle for that. You must try and make the car better. We're a good car but you always want a bigger engine.
~ Rafael Benitez
When I'm healthy, I can still pitch. I know I can still pitch at that level and get the results that I want.
~ Randy Johnson
That was easy for him to say when his cell phone was rounding third base. If anyone got a home run tonight, I didn't want it to be Verizon Wireless.
~ Rosemary Clement-Moore
I can get a title shot any time I want to. They know I can beat 110% of the champions out there right now. I just have to be motivated. Most of them are going to be trying to not give me a shot.
~ Roy Jones Jr.
Hide and seek was my favorite game with Melissa. You want to know why? I always won.
~ Sara Shepard
Everybody wants to be a series regular. It's something that a lot of actors would kill to have.
~ Shelley Hennig
As an american, you're born aiming so high - boys want to play in the major leagues, girls want to be princesses. We're cultivating little champions. It's like the land of little champions.
~ Steven Conrad
I think a lot of people go in TV talent shows because they want to be famous and not because it's about the music.
~ Susan Ann Sulley
You get to the ninth inning and your stomach is clear up to here. But it's not because of your job. It is because you want to win so badly.
~ Terry Francona
If somebody is strong and showing good performances and perfect in the thing you are doing, there are people who want to disturb you.
~ Tina Maze
I think to be 'tough' means you look relaxed. So you have to be tough to win tournaments. But you don't want to be so tough on yourself.
~ Yani Tseng
Living in New York City gives people real incentives to want things that nobody else wants.
~ Andy Warhol
I guess I've never really been aggressive, although almost everybody else in show business fights and gouges and knees to get where they want to be.
~ Andy Williams
Track and field is the best way to reach out for kids. It doesn't matter how fast you are. You always want to beat someone.
~ Carl Lewis