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Quotes About Competition

One thing about bowl games for me is that big time programs might rank higher, but I love the regional match ups. The bragging rights are on the line.
~ Kirk Herbstreit
Ups and downs will be happening; coming to the final and losing by a point or so should not matter.
~ P. V. Sindhu
We all have learned throughout our careers that there are ups and downs in the NBA.
~ Andre Drummond
I was always a player who has ups and downs. I could play unbelievable, and I could lose to someone.
~ Petra Kvitova
That's part of the NBA. It's a lot of ups and downs.
~ Rajon Rondo
Reality show was an option and so we did 'Nach Baliye.' Looking back, the journey was very nice, with lots of ups and downs.
~ Hiten Tejwani
We all know what it's like to have the ups and downs in this sport.
~ Cub Swanson
If you are competing at a high level, you have to accept that there are going to be ups and downs, because that is part of this business.
~ Carlos Condit
I get more upset at losing at other things than chess. I always get upset when I lose at Monopoly.
~ Magnus Carlsen
You cannot expect a driver who has just lost a shot at pole position to run around with a smile on his face. You need to accept that he is upset in a different way to how we are upset.
~ Toto Wolff
Everyone must know by now that the aim of Scrabble is to gain the moral high ground, the loser being the first player to slam the board shut and upset all the letters over the floor.
~ Craig Brown
I love food, and not surprisingly, I often suffer from stomach upsets when I overeat in general, let alone when I'm competing.
~ Joey Chestnut
It's a great time of year for everybody. In March Madness, there are a lot of upsets, a lot of buzzer beaters, a lot of craziness going on.
~ Danny Green
The biggest thing I think is, 'It's OK to care. It's OK to want to win and to be that team. To be upset when we lose.'
~ Blake Griffin
Bangladesh, despite producing big upsets in the past, doesn't have the art of beating big teams consistently.
~ Sourav Ganguly
Here were these college kids beating the Soviets and going on to the Olympic Gold Medal. To me, that's the greatest upset of all time in any sport that I can think of.
~ Jim McKay
I used to do some terrible things in the marshalling area to upset my rivals.
~ Dawn Fraser
People like to see me fight. A name can only take you so far. There are only a few fighters out of the thousands of boxers out there that have name recognition. I'm definitely not upset by that.
~ Laila Ali
Everybody believes they can win now. That's why there are so many upsets in the Grand Slams.
~ Heather Watson
People only see two hours of a tennis match where you're fighting and running and sometimes getting upset. There's a lot more than those two hours. Going out there and playing is actually the easy part.
~ Garbine Muguruza
For me, it's fine to be aggressive and play hard. As long as you're not getting personal, it's fine, and you can do whatever you can to upset the opposition.
~ Gautam Gambhir
I really get excited when we win. I get really upset when we don't, and I hope that still has a place in the NFL.
~ Jon Gruden
If I am lining up for a race, and I know there is someone there who cheats, it upsets me.
~ Mo Farah
Sometimes it does upset you when you lose in the finals, or even in a quarterfinal or semifinal, especially when you think, 'Maybe I could have played better,' or even if you gave your 100 percent, and even then, you lose.
~ P. V. Sindhu