Quotes About Competition

I have no problem with battling for a position. I have no problem trying to beat somebody out. It's a sport, competition, so I'm used to it.

Sport is an entertainment, in one sense. But it's also a business.

Sport is not maths.

Sport is dirty if you want to win, but I am not a dirty player.

I love to eat. I could make a professional sport out of it.

In Combate, we will push you. If you come to win, you come to prove that you belong in the sport; then, you belong in this company.

Boxing is sport. Is good. Not just for bad guy.

I run in practically every single road race in my country, 5k, 10k just to promote the sport.

If you look at poker as a sport like baseball, then I'd be maybe a minor league or high school ballplayer. But I play with T-ballers.

Hockey is the original extreme sport.

In America, it is sport that is the opiate of the masses.

You can't overlook anybody in this sport.

I respect all the fighters. I respect Georges St-Pierre because Georges has a great story in the UFC. I respect all the fighters in here because this is the biggest sport in the world.

I really don't look at it as a real sport because anybody can come into MMA and learn that. You can learn that.

You either grow with this sport, or you get left behind. It's sad, but it is what it is. You gotta keep up with this sport.

Football is a contact sport. So, on the pitch, it isn't possible to maintain distance like you can in an office job.

Boxing's a sport that gives you licence to act like an idiot, I think.

Sometimes people think that if you're always helping people up and never hit someone with a hard foul, you're automatically a good sport. I don't believe that.

I think we both matured together in this sport, so I think fight between Michael Bisping and myself would mean a lot.

CrossFit is a very humbling sport and you can be really good at something and look like an idiot doing another movement. It's a nasty thing, but it makes it a little more fun.

I guess every athlete has in the back of his mind being good at a sport and making it big.

I will say that rowing in the first Olympics was probably one of the most proud moments in my life. What I enjoy about the sport is that it's definitive. Nobody can take away from the fact that you're an Olympian. It's indisputable. You get there on merit and merit alone.

Basketball is my favorite sport, and I'm also a very passionate football fan.

I don't think anyone will ever be able to perfect the sport, and that's kind of what I love about it. You're always chasing something.