Quotes About Competition

The world's No. 1 tennis player spends 90 percent of his time winning, while the world's No. 1 golfer spends 90 percent of his time losing. Golfers are great losers.

Wind is part of the British Open. It is an examination and it took me a long time to pass the examination. Eighty per cent of the fellows out there have not passed the test.

When you use the steroids, you use them for a long time. When you use the steroids for a long time, you have a problem. It's a drug and it's not good for the sport.

If I could have shot 69 in the last round every time, I would have won nine U.S. Opens. Nine!

Roger Federer certainly is my claim to be the best of all time - if there is such a thing. With Rafael Nadal not far behind.

I never lost a tennis match, I just ran out of time

It is odd but agitation or contest of any kind gives a rebound to my spirits and sets me up for a time.

At awards time, The Exorcist was nominated in 11 categories, everybody but the janitor was up for an Oscar. There was no category for what I did.

Although they can do it all the time, you know, they're far better than me, on a musically, on a theoretical music level. You know, they're out of my league.

I'm a gamer. I play PlayStation all the time.

In sports... you play from the time you're eight years old, and then you're done forever.

Any business that does not innovate will fail over time.

Spring Training is a fun time for me.

When I get in there, everything gets blocked out. I just focus on the person in the cage with me. That's all my brain has room for at the time.

Every time a puck gets past me and I look back into the net, I say, 'uh-oh.'

And if I have my choice between a pennant and a triple crown, I'll take the pennant every time.

You don't have to be brilliant, only a little bit wiser than the other guys, on average, for a long, long, time.

I don't like to sound egotistical, but every time I stepped up to the plate with a bat in my hands, I couldn't help but feel sorry for the pitcher.

Benchmark your performance against your best competitors. Think how you can beat them next time.

Every time I step on the court I want to be up there with the best.

Well, my hand never fell off, and within no time, I was bowling competitively in leagues and tournaments.

I've always really just liked football, and I've always devoted a lot of time to it. If it is 11 against 10 then you have almost no chance of stopping him.

I think at one time every drummer wanted to play like Krupa or wanted to win a Gene Krupa drum contest. This is the big inspiration for drummers and naturally it has to be the same way for me.

Davy was the type of all the jumped-up second-raters of all time.