Quotes About Competition

The Merseyside derby is a terrific game full of passion, full of quality.

I don't think I am competing with Hardik. He is a terrific cricketer. Yes, we are all-rounders, but we are different from each other.

The entertainment industry is terrified of silence.

I remember coming in second in a singing competition when I was about 5. I was terrified and didn't win because I apparently looked miserable.

Coming from Britain, I was terrified of meeting all these other artists, because artists over there tend to fight with each other a lot, the premise being that there's not enough room for everybody.

The E.U. is terrified that we might become a competitor on its doorstep and that is exactly what we should be.

There is nothing more terrifying than lying in the ring and feeling that your hand has gone numb.

I've been in a talent show, yeah. They are terrifying. The most nerve-wracking experience of your life, I'd say.

Companies that are terrifying to a writer are companies like Amazon.

I get very competitive, mostly in acting though. When I'm going out for a role or something, that's when I really get very territorial about things.

Sports passion is deeply, infamously territorial: our city-state is better than your city-state because our city-state's team beat your city-state's team. My attachment to the Sonics is approximately the reverse of this.

I don't want to infringe on Alec Baldwin's territory, but I'm a pretty darn good 'Words With Friends' player.

You still slightly down that you're ever going to work again, every time you finish something. That's the territory of being an actor. It's like anything that's competitive. It takes a lot of determination. I just feel lucky to be able to do something that I really love.

Criticism comes with the territory when you don't win games.

All too often, academic departments defend their territory with the passion of cornered animals, though with far less justification.

I'd say I'm a true conservative. Liberals have got a monopoly on protecting the environment, or all the cool technology, and I don't think we should cede that territory.

In my early formative years, back in the territory days, if a guy didn't get along for whatever reason or didn't get over or things didn't work out, or he just wanted to relocate, he had other territories to go to to make, if not the same amount of money, substantially more or less.

Disruptive innovation is competitive strategy for an age seized by terror.

Two English defenders were among the finest I played against: John Terry and Rio Ferdinand.

One of the greatest matches I ever saw was Jerry Lawler against Terry Funk in the Memphis Midsouth Coliseum, but there was Flair vs. Steamboat in Nashville back in '89.

When I played for Stuttgart, I met Manchester United and Chelsea. With United, I immediately think of the duels with Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes and with Chelsea, it was John Terry. Those players are symbols of their clubs and the success they had at that time.

The biggest fear that I see is that we will be left behind. We are a very slow industry; for us to make a decision takes forever. Take Tesla: Elon moves at the speed of a rocket.

I believe the 'Jeopardy!' test is more difficult than being a contestant on the program.

That is one of the great things about Test cricket, the ball. Sometimes it swings conventionally, sometimes it doesn't and sometimes it reverses.