Quotes About Competition

The pitcher has to find out if the hitter is timid, and if he is timid, he has to remind the hitter he's timid.

I'm timid. But not on the court, at least, I try not to be.

I understand that, in this league, there are a lot of guys who can be All Stars, be superstars, so timing and circumstance plays a huge role.

For every athlete, Olympics is the target, but mine is a little different. I am focusing on improving my timing; that's what I think about.

There's no such thing as anybody who can't be beat; everybody can be beat. It's a question of how hard you're willing to work. It's a question of the environment, the surroundings. Frankly, there's a lot of issues with timing.

Even though running is work for me, I always miss it if I take a break. A lot of people find running relaxing, but I can never switch off from timing and competing against myself.

A guy like Darrelle Revis has been in the NFL a long time. They study tendencies. They know what you're doing from the way you line up. When you run a route, you almost have to be perfect at it. You can't slip. Timing has to be perfect with the quarterback going against a smart guy like him.

When you're actually boxing, unless it's a proper grudge match, it's less about beating the person up and more about being better within yourself. Being patient, timing things, like chess, so really, it's as much down to you as what the other person does - and that's life.

Every time I throw, I hate to miss. It's like those timing games in the arcades. I win every single time. Guys watch me and they pay me to keep playing.

The margin for error in the Champions League is tiny.

Skating is really hard, especially women's skating where we're judged in little tiny dresses.

Growing up with four older brothers, we were into everything! They started snowboarding when I was just a tiny button, and I loved watching them shredding in the backyard. After seeing them compete in a few contests, it was all over. I idolized the sport from day one.

I used to be the chief guest in all the prize distribution ceremonies of shooting competitions. I tried my hand on a lot of guns, and my aim improved. I started hitting tiny targets, like a mineral bottle cap.

I never went on TV one time during the campaign. Not once. You know why? Because politics is war. General Sherman would never have gone on TV to tell everyone his plans. I'd never tip my hand to the other side.

If a guy hits seven contested threes, tip your hat off to him. Good game. But in most of the cases, that won't happen.

Releasing a record is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the promotion of the product, but you have to play the game if you are to have a chance of competing in the market place.

Even if I was tipping my pitches, I could have thrown pitches good enough to not be hit.

A couple of Astros players told me I was tipping pitches, but now it comes out they were stealing signs. Was I tipping, or were they stealing?

Customer expectations? Nonsense. No customer ever asked for the electric light, the pneumatic tire, the VCR, or the CD. All customer expectations are only what you and your competitor have led him to expect. He knows nothing else.

If you're the strongest man on the planet, you ought to be able to pick up a stone or flip a tire.

There's no better benefit than being out on the racetrack, learning what's going on with the track and the tire and all that stuff. To me, that's a big influence.

Once it gets down to single-digit games, you know the season's end is approaching, and we're all pretty physically tired.

There were days when you're tired or overtrained but that's when you have to be pushed if you want to go far. That's how I drove away from my competitors.

I know Andy Roddick's probably tired about me talking about how many times I beat him when we were kids.