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Quotes About Competition

If, in our first match for the world champion's title, I had managed to make the score 6-0, there would have been no Kasparov as a good chess player at all.
~ Anatoly Karpov
For me, Arsenal is a football training centre. You watch the match, you enjoy it, but are you going to win a title afterwards? That's what people remember.
~ Patrice Evra
Being a professional athlete, we all want to win the title.
~ Lin Dan
I have never played a game for the national title. Our goals always have been to win the Big Ten title and the Rose Bowl. If we do that, then we consider it a successful season.
~ Bo Schembechler
United always had that flag which counted the years City were without a title, making fun of our fans. After the 6-1, they were quiet!
~ Edin Dzeko
I want to prove myself and get in talks for a title shot. It's hard because people don't want to risk themselves against me.
~ Darren Till
It is difficult to stay motivated when you cannot win a title anymore.
~ Willian
It seems Barcelona are expected to win every title, but it is not always like this. People think Barca win automatically, but that's not the case.
~ Luis Enrique
When you are a player, a footballer, or a manager of a great club like Chelsea, you must play to win. To win. To win the title. Or to fight and, at the end, to compete with the other teams to win the title and reach your targets.
~ Antonio Conte
If I win the title, I want to know I was the best guy that year, and to be the best, you've got to go against the best.
~ Daniel Ricciardo
I want to play for a club that fights to win the Champions League title.
~ Fabinho
Title IX is important. Women have made incredible gains in athletics, but does Brittney Griner have a chance in the post against Julius Randle? No.
~ Sean Evans
The idea is to go out there and win in a dominant fashion. That changes people's minds, the way they're thinking about me, and lets people know I'm here to contend for a title.
~ Eddie Alvarez
When I was in Spain, I remember United being eight points ahead of City with only six games but they still lost that title. So in the Premier League, anything can happen. You never know because anything can happen whether you are in front or behind the opponent.
~ Ander Herrera
We want to chase and seal the championship title. The decisive thing is to be at the top at the end of the season.
~ Niko Kovac
Every team can have a shot at the title, and we're seeing all of them as a potential threat. There's absolutely no feeling of entitlement to be at the front.
~ Toto Wolff
I feel that my relationship with Kasparov now is much the same as it had been before the match - good. As for his reaction, well it can't be nice to lose your title after so long, but he was very generous.
~ Vladimir Kramnik
When you first start playing, that's your aim obviously, to win the world title.
~ Adrian Lewis
If I win the Olympics in Rio, then I'll have each title in double.
~ Greg Rutherford
Things can change quickly in the UFC. I lost to Nate Marquardt in my first loss as a middleweight and then I defeated Dan Miller and fought for the title against Anderson Silva.
~ Demian Maia
When I fought Joseph Parker it was for the WBO world title and they robbed my fight.
~ Andy Ruiz Jr.
I captured Tag Team, Intercontinental, Rookie Of The Year, King Of The Ring, everything but the heavyweight title. I would hope that, somewhere down the road all the differences would be put aside and allow me to come back and at least get a shot at the heavyweight title, and I hope Brock Lesnar has it, cause I'd like to come after him.
~ Ken Shamrock
Can anyone tell me what Jon Jones was ranked when he fought for the UFC title? No one knows. I believe, in that aspect, it was easier to get fights back then. It wasn't, 'What's this guy ranked?' You fought, made your money, and went home.
~ Kamaru Usman
If Hector Camacho can ever win a title, I'd like to fight him.
~ Julio Cesar Chavez Sr.