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Quotes About Competition

People who tend not to report illness are people who are highly competitive and do not want to admit they are not coping.
~ Cary Cooper
If you ran a delicatessen store, you would want to be the best delicatessen store, wouldn't you? Well, that's how I feel about the Yankees.
~ Casey Stengel
Drum Competitions are called such because no one wants to win the big Beat Off.
~ Dana Gould
I was a power dunker. I want to go straight up, put it down on somebody. I want everybody under there.
~ Darryl Dawkins
I don't really think that there is anyone in the modern pop business who I feel I want to spar with.
~ George Michael
Philosophers are as jealous as women; each wants a monopoly of praise.
~ George Santayana
Individual records are nice to get, but before the season starts, you want to play to win the Stanley Cup!
~ Guy Lafleur
It's hard because you want to be able to just, okay, focus your energy on trying to win the match, but you need to then have tactics as to how you're going to deal with how you're feeling.
~ Andy Murray
People want national championship banners. People want to talk about Indiana being competitive. How do we get there? We don't get there with milk and cookies.
~ Bobby Knight
You have to understand where you are on the continuum. I feel I have to be the criminal mastermind on the mound if I want to win.
~ C. J. Wilson
We're all doing it for the love of the sport. We want to make Canada proud. I'm so fortunate to skate in a country like Canada.
~ Cindy Klassen
I'm a selfish football player. Each time the ball is snapped, I tell myself that I want to make that tackle, make that big play.
~ Jevon Kearse
Make no mistake, I always want to win, but I never fight with an opponent. My fight is within me it is the struggle to be the best I can be at whatever I do.
~ John Wooden
People want to see me back in the ring. I think it is more of a drag lying around on the beach.
~ Lennox Lewis
It's a tough game, and you never want to take that aspect out of the game.
~ Mark Messier
One of the reasons why they are optimistic is that there is more competition. Red Bull has become more competitive, the races have become more attractive - and that is what fans want!
~ Martin Sorrell
The Olympics were great, because you had to make the team, and then go to the games. Now, I don't know, these guys today don't want to do anything like that.
~ Oscar Robertson
Canelo wants to test himself and see if he is among the elite fighters. This is a golden opportunity for me, so I'm very, very happy.
~ Shane Mosley
I have a lot of expectations and a lot of goals I want to fulfill, but the biggest dream is still to make the Olympic team for London.
~ Shawn Johnson
I don't like politics especially in chess. All I want is promote chess 24/7.
~ Susan Polgar
I was awful at football when I was a little kid. I didn't have the aggressiveness. I was just a nice kid. I didn't want to hurt anyone.
~ Tony Gonzalez
I love football. The games are a pure rush. By the time I'm done playing, I want to be among the best tight ends ever to play the game.
~ Tony Gonzalez
I can safely say that no one who has ever won an Oscar didn't want to win an Oscar.
~ Val Kilmer
I was actually very surprised, and I told myself wow, I want to fight this guy.
~ Vitali Klitschko