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Quotes About Competition

Punting the ball is really frustrating to me.
~ Kyler Murray
For any player not playing, it's frustrating.
~ Neil Etheridge
The thing I like about decathlon is also the thing I dislike: It's the maximum challenge, but also the maximum frustration.
~ Ashton Eaton
When you're in a ballgame where you're getting beat, there is some frustration.
~ Mack Brown
I enjoy that competition. All that does is light a fire under me, and once that happens I start to get hot whether it's verbally or physically, but it's actually good fuel.
~ Eli Drake
You always want that as a player, to have that guy on the other side of you that's equally as talented and can make plays. It fuels you a little bit.
~ Nnamdi Asomugha
Self-esteem is something I still battle. People look at me and say, 'You've got fame. You've got admiration. You've done this; you've done that.' As far as I'm concerned, I haven't done anything. I've just fulfilled a dream of competing.
~ Jerry West
It's fun; baseball's fun.
~ Yogi Berra
The New Deal's enmity for that system of free and competitive private enterprise which we call capitalism was fundamental.
~ Garet Garrett
It's not just the NFL. Every other league has a draft. It has been fundamental to the success of professional sports.
~ Roger Goodell
The Champions League is the most important competition; it's fundamental to be involved in it.
~ David Silva
I don't really differentiate from big-time college basketball to any other kind of basketball. It's basketball. It's fundamentals and defense and shooting - they're all the same.
~ Chris Mullin
In a market where funding is hard to come by, if you're scaled already, then you are in a brilliant position because nobody is going to catch up with you.
~ Naveen Tewari
I don't go to racers' funerals.
~ Guy Martin
Showing up at school already able to read is like showing up at the undertaker's already embalmed: people start worrying about being put out of their jobs.
~ Florence King
Most people consider life a battle, but it is not a battle, it is a game.
~ Florence Scovel Shinn
Although Tietjens hated golf as he hated any occupation that was of a competitive nature, he could engross himself in the mathematics of trajectories when
~ Ford Madox Ford
Look, girls. It is important to all of us that we win this game, right? Well, when it comes to athletics, boys are simply better suited than girls. It's a fact of nature that no one can change. I'm sorry, but maybe you can play next time when it's less crucial.
~ Francine Pascal
The cheerleaders at Sweet Valley High were the cream of the crop—the prettiest, most sought-after
~ Francine Pascal
They included Robin Wilson, the current Miss Sweet Valley High; Helen Bradley, a stunning redhead; Jean West, a pixie brunette; and Maria Santelli, who could do back flips that took everyone's breath away.
~ Francine Pascal
She'd written a book, and I hadn't, even if her novel was worse than anything I would have written.
~ Francine Prose
The strength of humility is that it builds a spiritual defense around your soul, prohibiting strife, competition, and many of life's irritations from stealing your peace.
~ Francis Frangipane
Sin embargo, allí estaba él, con las mismas exigencias que los otros, como si quisiera arrebatarle algo que era suyo y llevárselo en el bolsillo.
~ Francis Scott Fitzgerald
I'm stronger than you are, Redd.
~ Frank Beddor