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Quotes About Competition

In those days there was not so much pressure on us.
~ Just Fontaine
There is pressure every day as a footballer.
~ Jamie Redknapp
The pressure of the Olympic Games is real overwhelming.
~ Natalie Coughlin
When you get to an event like the Olympic Games, you can put too much pressure on yourself.
~ Eric Shanteau
I couldn't imagine being from a country where all the pressure is on a particular player.
~ Lindsay Davenport
I think the biggest thing was that I was putting pressure on myself leading up to Beijing. Now I am learning how to take that pressure off and seeing this as an incredible opportunity, but not like, 'I absolutely have to medal.'
~ Ryan Hall
I don't feel pressure going into games.
~ Michael Owen
I think there's going to be pressure on all the British athletes. It's a home Olympics at the end of the day. I like adrenaline, that's something I feed off. I'm just going to go out there and do my best.
~ Jessica Ennis-Hill
For me I normally rise up to a Paralympics, I love those pressured environments.
~ Ellie Simmonds
It's always pressure in sport. It was a lot of pressure since Day 1 in Orlando, and it's going to be always pressure, but I think those pressures make us better.
~ Serge Ibaka
Every field has its pressures and stress factors.
~ Divya Dutta
It's the most prestigious dog show in the country. We love dogs, and we're having a blast out here.
~ Melissa Rivers
On the grounds of prestigious musical organizations that come and go, New York has the edge.
~ Jeffrey Tate
I am really looking forward to being present in my first three-week race, the Giro d'Italia, a huge and prestigious event that captures one's imagination.
~ Remco Evenepoel
The Champions League is, in terms of club football, the most prestigious one. And if you don't win it you will never be named one of the greatest teams, no chance.
~ Ilkay Gundogan
It's not easy being number two. As a marketer, you have limited choices - you can pretend you're not defined by the market leader, or, you can embrace your position and go directly after your nemesis.
~ John Battelle
In the Premier League, they don't give a foul even when it is a foul. We can't dive or pretend things.
~ Oscar
In Beijing when the Chinese athletes had a massive roar that gave me a buzz pretending they were shouting for me.
~ Ellie Simmonds
The thing is this sport doesn't have a heavyweight who is prettier than I am and can get down.
~ Riddick Bowe
They say De La Hoya is pretty boy. I am prettier.
~ Julio Cesar Chavez Sr.
In gymnastics, everything is a competition. You want to have your hair look the best and your makeup look the best. You want to be the best, and you want to have the prettiest leotard.
~ McKayla Maroney
I'm not the prettiest. I'm not the best, but I win and that's all that matters in the UFC.
~ Michael Chiesa
Magic has five championships. I have five championships. I'm pretty sure we both know what we're doing.
~ Kobe Bryant
There was one film that I really wanted. This was a long time ago; it was a film called 'Fracture.' Ryan Gosling ended up doing it with Anthony Hopkins. It wasn't a giant box-office success, but I really enjoyed the script, and I enjoyed the character. I got pretty close and was kind of disappointed it didn't go my way.
~ Chris Evans