Quotes About Competition

Steroids are for guys who want to cheat opponents.

Football doesn't build character, it reveals character.

You play ball against yourself; your opponent is your potential.

I think that every single person should play sports.

What counts in sports is not the victory, but the magnificence of the struggle.

One shouldn't be afraid to lose; this is sport. One day you win; another day you lose. Of course, everyone wants to be the best. This is normal. This is what sport is about. This is why I love it.

Ballroom dancing is a contact sport. Rugby is a collision sport.

These days the temptation to use steroids in sports has become too great for many young athletes.

If you play to win as I do, the game never ends.

Sport must be amateur or it is not sport. Sports played professionally are entertainment.

The tragedy in sports is seeing a team beaten not by a better team, but by themselves.

Concentration is why some athletes are better than others. You develop that concentration in training and concentrate in a meet.

Nothing focuses the mind better than the constant sight of a competitor who wants to wipe you off the map.

Baseball is the only sport I know that when you're on offense, the other team controls the ball.

I play some fighting games, but mostly I just play sports.

Figure skating is a mixture of art and sport.

Golfers are the greatest worriers in the world of sport.

I like playing frisbee. It is the only sport where you can throw something at a person and it's okay.

The only thing that keeps this organization from being recognized as one of the finest in baseball is wins and losses at the major league level.

Life without sports is like life without underpants

In the end, the game comes down to one thing: man against man. May the best man win.

Every time you compete, try harder to improve on your last performance. Give nothing short of your very best effort.

Most football players are temperamental. That's 90 percent temper and 10 percent mental.

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