Quotes About Competition

I think I'm the first 1990-born guy to win a Masters 1000, so it's quite special to be the first one in a very strong group of guys. There are a lot of guys playing great, and hopefully there are going to be a lot more coming.

But, no, I don't think there will be any kind of problem as far as setting up to be competitive, but you've got to get it right if you want to be the first one across the line.

I know I won't be the first one to say this, but Suzuka is definitely my favourite circuit of the year.

We're a competitive family - we compete in everything we do: playing cards; if we're walking down the street, we want to be the first one down the block.

I want to be the first one to say I beat both Diaz brothers.

Of course, it is difficult to arrive at a big team in the first place, but it is even harder to stay there.

At the end of the season, the important thing is to be in first place. It doesn't matter if you score 15 or 20.

Any team that lets in 50 goals should never be in second position in the first place.

I managed to get a short film with Channel 4 Films. I cast a young actor who'd done a bit of television before, a young actor called Ewan McGregor. That was very first thing. This writer had won this competition, and I made this little short, black and white movie. I think for both Ewan and I it was the start of our careers.

One of the first things I learned about acting was, the only person you compete against is yourself.

I'm very excited to fight for the first time in the United States and on HBO.

I made my first World Championships team at 12.

Television has always been our No. 1 competition. But I know firsthand that you can create an experience you can't get on television. I also know that the social experience has an appeal.

Everyone must be in the same competitive situation, including on the fiscal level.

You cannot build a company or manage a life by chasing others; you have to find your success competing against yourself. There will always be a bigger fish.

In England you get fitness from playing.

The NBA fits my game.

Here you get to play one on one more, individual basketball. I think that fits me better than in Europe. You have harder, different double teams and everybody helps, but in the NBA they let you play one on one, so I think that will fit me better.

There are 50 people fitter than me between the top 70 to 150 in the world. There are some players not as fit as me inside the top 10 in the world. Will fitness help them? I don't think so.

If I can force my winger backwards, it just comes down to who's fitter, and I like to think I'm pretty fit.

I'm never going to be the fittest guy on tour.

I've been playing basketball since I was five.

There's a reason why MMA is only three five-minute rounds, or five fives when it's a title fight. MMA is so much more demanding on the body - the wrestling, the changing levels, all that takes a lot out of you. Boxing is a breeze for us after MMA.

I was 133-pounder all through college, and that's probably my natural fighting weight, but if it isn't broken, why fix it? I've been a champion at 145.