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Quotes About Competition

I didn't get into racing to make friends.
~ Jimmie Johnson
I always want to be racing.
~ Bruno Senna
Horse racing is waning in popularity.
~ Elayne Boosler
I've had a lot of success over the years racing in New York, but the main point is that I feel the marathon is a different event, a lot more my event.
~ Paula Radcliffe
I'm racing against me. As long as I come across the finish, I'll be okay.
~ Ruben Studdard
I started racing myself and once you get bitten by that bug you really are hooked.
~ Nick Mason
The competition in today's world of racing is so tough.
~ Jimmie Johnson
Even though people involved in racing think that it has a big sporting stage, it is a minority sport compared to some of the other high-profile events: football, Formula One or golf.
~ Tony McCoy
It makes great conversation to discuss what's wrong with open-wheel racing today.
~ Mario Andretti
The feeling I got from rallycross was a little bit more of the NASCAR aspect of it; it's a family of races where racing is a passion, and it's not the politics that come with it.
~ Jacques Villeneuve
I don't think that American drivers going to NASCAR are taking the easy way out because as I said, the racing is amazing; it's just that it's easier to adapt to what you grow up with. American drivers grow up with NASCAR, they know NASCAR, and that's where they want to go.
~ Jacques Villeneuve
We do not invest in advertising... So racing is the best advertising for Ferrari.
~ Luca Cordero di Montezemolo
If the Indy Racing League didn't have the Indianapolis 500, do you think it would have lasted more than six months? No chance.
~ Mario Andretti
Once in a great while I miss the racing, the feeling of winning. That rush. That adrenaline.
~ Tyler Hamilton
F1 is giving penalties for people making mistakes instead of for people driving dirty. And that is wrong. Mistakes happen. You run into each other: that's life, that's racing, and too bad.
~ Jacques Villeneuve
It might sound stupid, but I don't enter a race to win - I enter a race because I love racing.
~ Bronte Campbell
I've driven for A. J. Foyt, now the Andrettis, and my NASCAR team is Richard Childress Racing, which is one of the greats in that sport.
~ Robby Gordon
I wouldn't dream of watching motor racing, cycling, or golf - which aren't truly sports anyway.
~ Howard Jacobson
Auto racing has been a big part of my life since I was very young. When the car feels right, it's like, 'We've got a big machine.'
~ Scott Borchetta
Anybody and everybody's going to get it. I'm not racing through my division. I'm cleaning it out. So if you want two L's, you're going to get two L's, and if you're looking for one, come fight 'Blessed.'
~ Max Holloway
I'm not against competitive racing. I obviously grew up with horses.
~ Mickie James
In racing, you want to win - there are no rules, and you can do whatever you want. Flying a plane is the opposite: you respect rules and fly to the rules. You can't possibly compare the two.
~ Niki Lauda
There's no more expensive sport than racing bloody motorbikes.
~ Guy Martin
Every time I jump in the car I feel very happy. Racing is what I love to do and I am very lucky I can do it.
~ Valtteri Bottas