Quotes About Competition

Records are made to be broken.

Records are always meant to be broken.

Udaya Laxmi is not the only athlete who has been asked by the administrators to go after my records; they now want to take away the only record I hold, in the 400m hurdles that I set at the final of the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984.

I'm competitive, so I don't like to feel marginalized by the people who sell a lot of records.

Anyone who has played the game professionally, you're always taught that the ball is the most important, most precious thing, so when the ball hits the ground, it's always a mad scramble. It's amazing how many times there is a fumble, and the person who recovers it initially doesn't walk away with the ball.

We are constantly under lots of pressure, so I take lots of time to recover and do all the things I need for my body to be in the perfect state to compete the next day.

Snooker has taken such a step down I am not sure it will recover unless five Ronnie O'Sullivans come along at the same time.

In international football you have 10 games a season, with players from different clubs. There's no time for proper coaching; they're just recovering from playing on the Saturday.

I am a recovering rat racer.

A lot of the off-ice is actually spent sort of as a recovery process. Because the closer we get to a competition, the more and more you do on-ice. So if you're already on the ice three to four hours, you get enough cardio doing your run-throughs. But I sometimes do the elliptical or bike.

I don't recruit against Nick Saban. I recruit for the University of Georgia.

You're in pro football, it's kind of interesting, because when you win, you draft last. In college football, you recruit. You gotta go after guys.

I always felt like, one of the niches is if you can recruit the SEC, you can be a head coach in the SEC.

A well-designed 401(k) plan is an enormous competitive edge when recruiting and retaining employees.

I think proximity in recruiting matters the most.

I'm not bothered when other VCs start hiring great designers or start recruiting. That's the direction I'd like it to go.

I might not have a conference championship or a national championship as a head coach, but I had the recruiting factor.

Recruiting is tough because you have to stay in the battle. You've got so many guys that are going after a certain amount of kids.

You're working a million hours and you're on the road recruiting and you're doing all these things, but at the end of the day, you're competing for a championship. You're competing for a Big Ten Championship, you're in the Rose Bowl, you're taking your family to the Cotton Bowl.

I've said this about many people, but when you were recruiting against John Beilein you knew it was a fair fight, a real fight and he was going to do it the right way. I have a lot of respect for John. He's a heck of a coach and he will do a great job in Cleveland.

There are no team orders within Red Bull Racing, other than that the drivers should race each other with respect.

Mercedes and Ferrari fear Red Bull more than any other team because they know the potency and capability that we have.

My recommendation is to try and do the best you can in go-karting to be spotted by a big name like Red Bull or Ferrari. And like that you have a chance. If not, nowadays it's very difficult. It's always been, but these days, even more.

When I'm out and about or walking my dogs, United fans are coming up to me saying, 'We'd rather City win the league than Liverpool.' It's strange to hear, but I can assure you the United players aren't going to leave a red carpet and say, 'Go on, City, score past us.'