Quotes About Competition

Marathon running, for me, was the most controlled test of mettle that I could ever think of. It's you against Darwin.

The atmosphere and the first days of Test matches against Australia are incredible.

I have arm-wrestled here and there... guys seem to want to test my strength.

Obviously, international cricket is the main cricket you want to play, especially Test cricket.

Evolution does not necessarily favor the longest-lived. It doesn't necessarily favor the biggest or the strongest or the fastest, and not even the smartest. Evolution favors those creatures best adapted to their environment. That is the sole test of survival and success.

I competed in a test round of 'Kitchen Casino.' I feel like it's good to know what the competitors are going through.

Honestly, I would love to fight Henry Cejudo. You've got that gold medalist in the Olympics, I would love to test myself against that.

The biggest relief off my shoulders was when I retired from Test cricket and I knew I didn't have to bowl 40 overs in a Test anymore.

There's a lot of good fighters at 168 with or without Canelo, so I want to test myself against them.

It was Test cricket as it should be played, when the irresistible force in Allan Donald met the immovable object in Mike Atherton at Trent Bridge in 1998. And I was happy to watch from the best seat in the house - at the other end.

I think we are going to see exciting cricket all the way. We are watching the two best teams in the world-and I think England will eventually go on to pip Australia by a single Test.

If you're playing Test cricket you could bowl 20 overs in a day. I could play about five T20s in that space.

I am comfortable with five-days. I like the challenge of a five-day Test.

There is a lot of talk about how Twenty20 has changed batting techniques in Test cricket. But it has also had an impact on bowling.

The double hundred Fowler hit in the Madras Test was an absolute beauty.

It was a few days later I came out to Hollywood for a screen test, and so did a lot of other people. So, I really didn't think I would get it. I was definitely the one that was least likely to get it, because everyone else was an already established star.

It's always good to win a Test match and if you win it comfortably, it can leave a few psychological marks on opposition sides.

Races always are good to show where you are reaching in your training as well as to keep you sharpened. Every race, in my program, I put it in a special way like a ladder, climbing up slowly and slowly to the next one. I see where my training is, and that is like a test.

As a test cricket lover, and as a cricket lover, I like all forms of the game.

Pennant races drain the energy from the best of them. Old-fashioned baseball races are to me the most grueling daily test in any sport. Gotta keep coming out, every day, in the face of looming disaster.

I was tested against the best.

I tested against Kaley Cuoco for 'The Big Bang Theory.' Not getting that hurts.

I was never tested in my first 21 fights.

I enjoy playing each and every format, but for me, Test cricket is at the paramount level because I feel everything is tested at that level.