Quotes About Competition

Competition is enjoyable only when it is a means to perfect one's skills; when it becomes an end in itself, it ceases to be fun. But

Agon includes games that have competition as their main feature, such as most sports and athletic events;

competition as their main feature, such as most sports and athletic events; alea is the class that includes all games of chance, from dice to bingo; ilinx, or vertigo, is the name he gives to activities that alter consciousness by scrambling ordinary perception, such as riding a merry-go-round or skydiving; and mimicry is the group of activities in which alternative realities are created, such as dance, theater, and the arts in general.

Someone who is relatively more introverted may wish to perfect his act before stepping before the limelight. A more extroverted person may enjoy competitive pressures from the very beginning of her career.

Papu Sanzgiri asked him, 'Who is going to break Brian Lara's 400?' Sehwag said, 'Please tell Sachin to do it. I cannot bat for two days. I can only bat for a day and a half.

The Indians, not expecting to win, had no champagne with which to celebrate. The West Indians were well stocked, and Kapil, having gone to their dressing room to commiserate, saw the bottles stacked and asked Lloyd to give him some so he could toast the victory. It provided a wonderful final touch: beat the opponent and then drink his champagne.

Is there a point at which every Sunday during the NFL season ceases to make a man feel like a kid on Christmas morning?

If God wanted us to play soccer, he would've given only 1 in 11 people arms.

At their essence, sports lend themselves to the most good-natured debate you will ever encounter, because there is nothing in the world better than investing everything in something that means absolutely nothing

Texas Rangers

didn't come right out and say so." "I played bad against Bancroft," Jake said. "Dad didn't seem too worried about how I was doing. I'm fighting every week to be the number one QB on this team. How come Dad never gave me one of his famous pep talks?" "Maybe he didn't think you needed one," his mom said. "And how would he know that?" Jake said. In that moment, Jake was thinking about when Wyatt had been home

Attack is the proof that your enemy anticipates your success.

My dad saw hockey as almost an improvement on soccer. My British relatives would say, 'But, Eric, football is the thinking-man's game.' My dad would say, 'True. But, hockey is a fast thinking-man's game.

There's nothing wrong with the Little League World Series that locking out the adults couldn't cure.

My favorite part of the game is the opportunity to play.

Do you know what my favorite part of the game is? The opportunity to play.

I know why they don't like me because they want the money I have.

Kaito lurched forward, his opponent grabbing him an instant later, and both of them spun around the ring like two clumsy, obese ballet dancers, clawing at each other's mawashis, trying to get purchase.

I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to to dance better than myself.

Americans have a severe disease — worse than AIDS. It's called the winner's complex.

You must take your opponent into a deep dark forest where 2+2=5, and the path leading out is only wide enough for one.

Of course, errors are not good for a chess game, but errors are unavoidable and in any case, a game without errors, or as they say 'flawless game' is colorless.

To play for a draw, at any rate with white, is to some degree a crime against chess.

All man's life among men is nothing more than a battle for the ears of others.