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Quotes About Competition

Obviously the first sentiment is disappointment that we didn't get the car home and more disappointment that at the time that it stopped the car was in the lead.
~ John Surtees
You have to win and especially, as I have, you have to win a trophy for the first time.
~ Jose Mourinho
No one has ever conquered this game. One week out there and you are God, next time you are the devil. But it does keep you coming back.
~ Juli Inkster
I tend to get very nervous before the first races of the year. It takes you a bit of time to get into the season.
~ Alistair Brownlee
I've learned a lot about my game every time I play golf in a men's event.
~ Annika Sorenstam
This morning I was standing in the shower and thought how I was sick of losing and how it was about time I had a big game.
~ Benji Marshall
We all know, the ones who play golf, know what a wonderful game it is and what a great past-time it is.
~ Bernhard Langer
They said hey look, The Beatles deserve to be number one, not Bobby Vinton. We're gonna cut your tires. Change that listing. They were dedicated at the time.
~ Bobby Vinton
If I was going to give Matt (Kenseth) a piece of advice, I'd say use the s- out of him. Every time you get, run him hard, because that's his weakness.
~ Brad Keselowski
It's a pretty sure thing that the player's bat is what speaks loudest when it's contract time, but there are moments when the glove has the last word.
~ Brooks Robinson
The most effective way of utilizing human energy is through an organized rivalry, which by specialization and social control is, at the same time, organized co-operation.
~ Charles Horton Cooley
Omg. My long time teammate on the Nadadores and team USA, Fran Crippen, passed away today while racing in Dubai.
~ Chloe Sutton
I don't listen to music for fun. I ain't got enough time for fun! I'm always busy writing my own music. I don't try to compete or see what other people are doing.
~ Dolly Parton
Well, it used to be Kobe Bryant... the second best all time.... now, I have a new favorite player to play against... my former teammate, LeBron James.
~ Dwyane Wade
Nothing is ever in such short supply at a race track as time. It doesn't seem to matter whether we are at the track for a race meeting or for testing - there is never enough time.
~ Carroll Smith
There was a time there in the mid '80s to the '90s there that we played six finals, three Canada Cups, we were playing hockey almost 10 months a year for a long time there.
~ Mark Messier
Medals are decided by hundredths of a second, so I need assurance that my vision is perfect every time I compete, no matter what the conditions.
~ Lindsey Vonn
Not only was it that I surprised people by beating Bret Hart, but it was a great match. They still rate it as one of the best wrestling matches of all time.
~ Owen Hart
I used biomechanics to save time when I was competing.
~ Edwin Moses
So much time is wasted on trying to be better than others.
~ Elijah Wood
If there is no evidence that sport lowers aggression, at the same time it should be said that there is also no evidence that sport is motivated by aggression.
~ Erich Fromm
If I'm offered a good case in Florida or a good case somewhere else, South Florida will win every time.
~ F. Lee Bailey
We have unmistakable proof that throughout all past time, there has been a ceaseless devouring of the weak by the strong.
~ Herbert Spencer
Chips on shoulder, all that, everybody plays the game for different reasons. You've got to prove yourself every time you go out there. That's the reality.
~ John Fox