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Quotes About Competition

Women may be better than men but not not even God can beat a Real Man
~ Swapnil Kumar
If you have to convince someone that you are their soulmate then you didn't realize the thousand other guys applying for the job.
~ Shannon L. Alder
I joined a campus competition, as I felt I could do comedy, and I won. Then I started doing standup gigs in 2009 while completing my law degree, but I never told my parents. They only discovered a few years later.
~ Ronny Chieng
As far as standup goes, I really feel like I can stand and bang and trade with anybody in the game.
~ Colby Covington
The experience of watching other standups is either: 1) you see your mate doing standup and it's really bad and you're heartbroken, or 2) You see your mate doing really well and it's heartbreaking.
~ Romesh Ranganathan
I did a gig as a standup when I was eight years old. I went on holiday with my family to this holiday camp and they had a talent competition and I entered as a standup.
~ Romesh Ranganathan
You remember driving your kids to Little League, and they're nervous about making the team, and you're encouraging them. Forty years down the road, we're having the same conversation. Only it's about the Ravens and Steelers, or Stanford and Cal.
~ Jack Harbaugh
You do not play hockey for good seasons. You play to win the Stanley Cup. It has to be the objective.
~ Guy Lafleur
I don't even know what the odds are for one kid or one team to make it here. Obviously, being from Canada this is their Stanley Cup - they made it. It's hard enough to get here and it's hard enough to advance.
~ John Atkinson
When you're a kid you always played to win a Stanley Cup in the streets or on the outdoor rinks, and when you do it for real, it's a pretty cool moment, it's something that I'm always going to remember.
~ Martin Brodeur
I love the Stanley Cup playoffs.
~ J. J. Watt
If you are not playing for the Stanley Cup at the end of the year, what's the point? If you don't win, you may as well not make the playoffs, because you are loser just like everyone else.
~ Brad Marchand
'American Idol' is a pop-culture staple that left the air too soon. ABC is the right home to reignite the fan base.
~ Channing Dungey
In the juniors, you are kind of a star, but just because you are a good junior doesn't mean you will be a good pro.
~ Dominic Thiem
I've been asked to do 'American Idol' and 'X Factor.' I'm an Ed McMahon kind of girl. 'Star Search?' I'm in, all day long. It felt more authentic, and the market wasn't oversaturated with karaoke contests.
~ Pink
Only way to be a star is to beat a star.
~ Jermall Charlo
Once, I was a bigger star than Greta Garbo.
~ Luise Rainer
Starbucks is spreading like a cancer.
~ Rupert Everett
Winning takes precedence over all of it. That's the ultimate happiness. It's not location. It's not stardom. It's not 'where can I make the most money.' It's winning, and winning championships.
~ Paul George
I'd like to to do a major pay-per-view match with Seth Rollins. I'd love do a major pay-per-view match with Stardust.
~ Daniel Bryan
When I was doing 'Deep Space Nine' the only other competing shows were 'Babylon Five' and I think 'Stargate' not too long after that.
~ Aron Eisenberg
When I walk out on to the court and everyone is staring, sometimes I wonder how my legs will carry me out there. That's forgotten as soon as I start playing.
~ Evonne Goolagong Cawley
There are two ways I would consider retirement. One is losing to guys who are not top-level competition. The other is if I started losing where it's like, 'OK man, you were knocked out viciously and staring at the rafters.' I won't endanger my health.
~ Frank Mir
Being humble got me very far when I went to L.A., because it was in stark contrast to this town of people who were so cutthroat.
~ Molly Bloom