Quotes About Competition

It's nice to be the best, but not when being the best brings out the worst in you.

Defense to me is the key to playing baseball.

Competing in gymnastics is the greatest reminder of being alive as a human being.

We want to win. We want to win big. We want to win the whole thing.

Your competition is EVERYTHING else your prospect could conceivably spend their money on.

To win you have to score one more goal than your opponent

If you're always in a hurry, always trying to get ahead of the other guy, or someone else's performance is what motivates you, then that person is in control of you.

Many runners worry about who is in the race, or they think about the time they must run to win. I only try to run as fast as I am capable - nothing less.

A hitter's impatience is the pitcher's biggest advantage.

I never knew I was grunting, it was just part of my strokes.

As a sportsman, I accept being beaten. Everybody tries to be a winner, but only one in a race will win. It's fun to win. But I don't find unhappiness if I lose.

If you get depressed about being the second-best team in the world, then you've got a problem.

I just feel that my competitive drive is far greater than anyone else that I've met, and I think that I thrive on that.

I don't get nervous in any situation. There's no such thing as nerves when you're playing games.

In softball . . . , the softball gods giveth and the softball gods taketh away, but that evens out over the season.

As long as I'm in great shape, nobody beats me, for sure.

The Olympics have been with the world since 776 B.C., and have only been interrupted by war, especially in the modern era.

The important thing was that I got the win. It's good for confidence and the season.

We had an opportunity to clinch a playoff berth and I think if that's not enough motivation I don't think you should be playing this game.

Sometimes I'm not even satisfied when I got 6 points and 22 rebounds, because I'm always looking to do more.

Most one-run games are lost, not won.

Anger doesn't win games.

I just want to say to the kids out there watching: You can do anything you want in life. Unless Jay Leno wants to do it too.

When I look at my fellow competitors, I say to myself, 'I many be nervous, but you are definetly nervous as well.'