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Quotes About Competition

I don't have to put on shoulder pads and run out there and let somebody hit on me a little bit.
~ Emmitt Smith
My job is to hit somebody until the referee pulls me off.
~ Jorge Masvidal
Do I think Vince McMahon was looking at my matches in Japan going, 'We need him?' No. He wasn't. He's too busy. There's no way. But somebody may have been looking and going, 'All right, I like this guy. Let's give him a shot.'
~ A.J. Styles
As long as somebody is making sacks, I'm happy.
~ Aaron Donald
For sure, Jacare would be a great opponent. I have all the respect for him, but I would like a lot to have the opportunity of facing him someday.
~ Lyoto Machida
When an athlete has relegated the persistent rumors of cheating to the back room of the mind, he hasn't really forgotten them. And when he glances back to where rumors hunker in the darkness, he hopes with a savage heart that somehow, some day, those cheaters will be brought to justice.
~ Don Kardong
Somehow, people act like I have no competition, but the thing is, the competition is so good that it forces me to be better than I even thought was possible.
~ Ronda Rousey
When you are not practicing, someone else is getting better.
~ Allen Iverson
Put your head down and work as hard as you can because there is always someone better out there.
~ Brian McBride
Chess is a lot of fun for me. Football is a physical game, and in chess you can just beat someone mentally - you outwit somebody, outmaneuver them, think ahead of them.
~ Larry Fitzgerald
I believe that if you don't disrupt yourself, you will be disrupted by someone else.
~ Mindy Grossman
Frankly, I don't mind not being President. I just mind that someone else is.
~ Edward Kennedy
Don't look back, because someone might be gaining on you.
~ Tom Waits
I'm always challenged by someone.
~ Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Disruption is a process, not an event, and innovations can only be disruptive relative to something else.
~ Clayton M. Christensen
Even a beautiful piece of work can be overshadowed, destroyed, by something else.
~ I. M. Pei
The competition is so fierce once you become an adult. I'll probably move on to something else.
~ Jodie Sweetin
Of all the plagues a lover bears, Sure rivals are the worstI can endure my own despair, But not another's hope.
~ William Walsh
Do not worry about winning or losing
~ think of what you will gain.
You only reveal your game plan when you know you're winning, or losing.
~ Ahmed Mostafa
Can you imagine what it would be like to look into somebody's eyes and know that their destiny is so much greater than yours, that you will never compete? You will always be left behind.
~ Lois Lane
For a minute there, I thought I stood a chance. But I guess in the end, Mitchell will still be the lucky one.
~ Piper Shelly, Play With Me
People love video games because they do things they obviously can't do in real life. That's especially true with sports games because fans love to step into the shoes of their favorite athletes.
~ Ralph Baer
I'm a great sports fan, you know. I love to watch tennis and basketball and baseball and so on.
~ Itzhak Perlman