Quotes About Competition

Hitters never showed me up, as hard as I threw. And I was pretty mean out on the mound.

One thing I can't prove, but I firmly believe is that two men were put on this earth - one threw a punch and a third guy came over and watched. And that happened before anybody ever threw or kicked a ball.

It's funny, I can talk to Dad about races we ran, or I can remember some races he's raced when I was there working on the car. I'm sure other athletes are the same, where they can remember what pitches they threw or what plays they ran.

I threw in some baskets that were in four-point range.

Willie Roaf kicked my butt a couple of times. Larry Allen was a guard, but one time in San Francisco he took me with one hand and threw me out of the play. Walter Jones was pretty tough, too.

It's an honour and a thrill and a privilege just to play in the NHL.

I'm sure a lot of players say it, but winning is almost so you don't lose. The thrill of winning is not as great as the pain of losing.

As a thrill in my career, the Olympics rank right up there with my two NCAA championships at Duke.

I can think of matches I played where I played one or two points perfectly, and that gave me a thrill.

The benefit is competition, the thrill of playing in the Olympics, being an Olympian, playing against the best.

It's always a thrill to wear the flag and ride for Canada in any competition, but especially the Olympics.

There's always a thrill to see a guy's face when you sent 'em packing because you're gonna be the last person they thought about, the whole offseason.

It was a huge thrill to win the Confederations Cup.

There's no bigger thrill than beating the guy you're not supposed to beat or winning a race you're not supposed to win.

You don't get the accolades unless you win. It took me a while to understand. No one will remember how Kenny Smith played in Game 1 unless we win the series. The thrill is in winning.

The thrill of winning or losing, or getting on the field and coaching on Saturday afternoons, that's all great. But it's the association with the players, and that's lifelong. That is the one thing you miss and you can't substitute for it.

Competitive spirit is a driving force that keeps life going with a thrill.

I am thrilled to participate in the World Boxing Super Series, the Champions League of boxing.

We're thrilled to see eSports continue to grow in popularity around the world.

We were thrilled to reach France in 1998 but our failure to make the finals in the U.S.A. in 1994 and South Korea and Japan in 2002 has left a bitter taste.

I don't find any real rivalries with crime and thriller writers anyway. That might sound a little Pollyanna, but for the most part the writers I compete with, if you want to use that word, it's a pretty friendly rivalry. I think we all realise that the boat rises and sinks together.

Trent Bridge, 2013, is my favourite Test. An Ashes opener and England won a thriller by 14 runs. I managed to take ten wickets, which helps.

My song from 'Footloose,' 'Almost Paradise,' went number 1 dislodging Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' from that spot.

Even the thunderous master-blasters, like Andre Russell and MS Dhoni, men who now make scoring more than 20 runs per over look simple, often thrive on the right side of an incredibly slender gap between six and out. They are not more lucky than anyone else. They are more brilliant.