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Quotes About Competition

Football is the best, is the biggest sport in the world.
~ Pele
A modern school where football is taught.
~ Ambrose Bierce
I have the same malice in my heart as far as the fight game is concerned, but outside the ring, I won't say anything a dignified man won't say.
~ Mike Tyson
The records I always maintained were there to serve just one purpose - that was to be broken
~ Tommy Woodcock
Economics is about creating win-win situations. But in sports, someone loses.
~ Stan Kroenke
Show the world how much you'll fight for the winners circle.
~ Pat Riley
If the guys on the bench were as good as the guys you have out there, they'd be out there in first place.
~ Frank Robinson
You don't always make an out. Sometimes the pitcher gets you out.
~ Carl Yastrzemski
We count on winning. And if we lose, don't beef. And the best way to prevent beefing is - don't lose.
~ Knute Rockne
I've dated athletes before but it's too tough because we have the same job, we deal with the same problems and both do a very selfish sport.
~ Tyson Gay
When we played, World Series checks meant something. Now all they do is screw up your taxes.
~ Don Drysdale
The Giants were a good team, but our biggest enemy was said to be Candlestick Park.
~ Willie Stargell
Try, if you can, to belong to the first class. There's far less competition.
~ Dwight Morrow
That's the only reason I'm here. I don't need to play the game for any other reason than to win a championship.
~ Drew Bledsoe
When you're are playing for the national championship, it's not a matter of life or death. Its more important than that.
~ Duffy Daugherty
I used to think the only use for sport was to give small boys something else to kick besides me.
~ Katharine Whitehorn
All of the sports have a safety net, but boxing is the only sport that has none.
~ Gerry Cooney
Poker has the feeling of a sport, but you don't have to do push-ups.
~ Penn Jillette
When I was in the batter's box, I felt sorry for the pitcher.
~ Rogers Hornsby
For me, tennis is a sport. It's not a job, it's a sport.
~ Gael Monfils
Politics is like football; if you see daylight, go through the hole.
~ John F. Kennedy
Tennis is so competitive. I guess that's the way it has to be.
~ Monica Seles
Gymnastics is not at all as popular as, for example, soccer. Gymnastics as a sport isn't promoted very well.
~ Henrietta Onodi
I long for the days when athletes were revered. I want to see the romance return to sports, to see people enjoy the game purely for the game and the players.
~ Mike Piazza