Quotes About Competition

When the Ladies Chess Club was founded in London in 1895 and the first international women-only competition took place two years later, most clubs and competitions didn't accept women at all.

I'm convinced that if my goal hadn't been to be in the absolute best category I can, I would not have been able to be for 26 years the number one in the ladies' category.

I would have been about seven years old when the formative years of my competitive football education began. I was playing in the local leagues around Manchester, playing against lads from tough areas who had been taught they had to fight for everything.

One thing the Scottish boys want in the changing room is the bragging rights over the English lads.

My wife's an Australian and a very competitive lady, and she wants to sail in Sydney-Hobart. I say, 'We have the boat, do as you wish.' I'll let her run the show.

It's football. You're going to get laid out eventually.

It's very tough competition in the West. The Lakers deserve to be called the favorites.

My very first NBA game was against the Los Angeles Lakers; it was a pre-season game against Magic Johnson.

I just enjoy going to the games, but if you're watching the Lakers play, it feels good to be rooting for the Lakers. You're on the winning end of things most of the time.

I love the fact that I get to play against the Los Angeles Lakers in a Game 7 on the road.

I think the Lakers are a legacy franchise. Players know when they come here, this is the ultimate platform.

You really don't believe that winning at home or winning on the road makes a difference. The Lakers have that mind-set. They don't look at it as 'We're at home, we're on the road.'

I remember watching when D-Wade and LeBron were here playing for the Heat. I remember watching them play the Lakers with Kobe. So I just was able to watch those games growing up and really watch my favorite players.

Basketball, man: it is a land of giants.

You get to Hollywood and you are in the land of big money where they don't like to see only one screenwriter's name. It's much better if you've got four or five.

For me, I just love running in the big moments. That's always been the way. That is what you work so hard for. You don't work hard to run fast in practice or to run fast at small meets.

Everybody meets a lot of idiots in their line of work, not just in music.

I don't come to meets to count medals. It's not what I do. It's just really for me.

I think it helps me. You know, I've got two more meets under my belt, and that's always a good thing.

Athletes like Milkha Singh, Sriram Singh, T.C. Yohannan and I set our records at international meets under stringent conditions, against the stiffest competition.

I often kind of forget about my running. It's not until I'm really at these competitions and at these meets that I really remember what I do.

All I really want to do is race and get into meets and run.

One fight I would love to see, I have always loved to see, but I doubt it will ever happen, is Georges St-Pierre and Conor go at it. I think it would be a huge mega fight.

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