Quotes About Competition

I don't think about goals and records. Competition is what keeps me playing.

The greatest gap in sports is between the winner and the loser of the Super Bowl. The winner has confetti, parades, rings, the whole thing. The loser puts his head down and goes to his house.

When you stand on the victory stand, you must be able to ask yourself: 'Did I win this medal?'

The Oscars are a really strange concept to me, that films and acting can be competing against each other. We're not running the same race. It's like we're all doing different sports in fact.

If a team intimidate you physically and you let them, they've won.

Boxing has become America's tragic theater.

I was between 2 and 3 in the world for two, three years. That's not exactly where I wanted to be.

All sports are games of inches.

Never tell 'em how many lettermen you've got coming back. Tell 'em how many you lost.

I follow K-1 closely and also train Ray Sefo. My heart is with K-1 and I love the sport of standup kickboxing.

My favorite driver is always either the bad guy or the underdog.

I think the Greeks invented sports as an antidote to philosophy.

Sooner or later a rider will emerge who will win more Tours. In every sport we have seen how the records eventually get broken and cycling is no exception.

Don't matter what they throw at us. Only angry people win football games.

Sports are fundamental for growing in a healthy way: they represent fair competition, strength, and exercise, which enhance the body's healthy balance and strengthen the mind.

Twenty-plus-year career, 500 drug controls worldwide, in and out of competition. Never a failed test. I rest my case.

When asked about which team is the toughest team in the league, responded with an answer that all volleyball players must comprehend. He said simply that it was, 'The team you are playing.'

That's how you win - pitching and defense.

I don't like losing a ballgame any more than a salesman likes losing a sale.

Gimme: An agreement between two losers who can't putt.

Good players win volleyball games for you, not tall players.

Sure there have been injuries and deaths in boxing - but none of them serious.

Hell, no! A tie is like kissing your sister!

Shoot a lower score than everybody else.