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Quotes About Competition

I play tennis non-obsessively. I seem to beat people I play a lot or half the time, so I guess I gravitate to people who are as bad as I am.
~ Alan Alda
The pressure is hard. You get - the world is only watching every four years, and I think lots of people feel like they have to win in that time frame.
~ Allyson Felix
Obviously, the competitor in you, you want to be in the top three every time in the pool.
~ Amanda Beard
I don't know why you're making the poor girl play with you," Peter said. "You're going to completely slaughter her." "Well, I am the greatest Guitar Hero player of all time," Jack said.
~ Amanda Hocking
Actors are separated all the time.
~ Amanda Seyfried
I've been nominated for 12 Emmys, and we won - for 'Top Chef' - the only time I didn't go.
~ Andy Cohen
I sent a lot of ladies to the hospital. If you go and look at my record, a lot of the people I knocked out never fought again, or maybe one time and that was it.
~ Ann Wolfe
Bristol Rovers were 4-0 up at half time, with four goals in the first half.
~ Anthony Adamson
I skate all the time, but it's silly for me to do contests when MTV is giving me a boatload of money.
~ Bam Margera
One of the reasons that I'm a lurker on Twitter is that every time I tweet an idea, I feel like I'm delivering something to the competition that I ought to be giving to a reporter here.
~ Bill Keller
But as an amateur, the highest level you can box at is the Olympics. I did that at 18 and felt it was time to move on to other challenges as a professional.
~ Billy Joe Saunders
It's about time for Lindell White to get back on the floor, expose himself, and get the ball in a scoring position.
~ Billy Packer
God somehow makes sure that in international rugby nobody wins ALL the time!
~ Bob Dwyer
Any time there is a lot of money or ego involved, people tend to behave badly.
~ Brad Grey
If you've spent a long time developing a skill and techniques, and now some 14 year-old upstart can get exactly the same result, you might feel a bit miffed I suppose, but that has happened forever.
~ Brian Eno
I'm just taking one match at a time.
~ Caroline Wozniacki
I'm confident you haven't seen the best yet. And I will only get better through time and through tougher competition.
~ Celestino Caballero
(You know) you're improving from fight to fight (when you can) showcase your talents against greater opponents every time.
~ Celestino Caballero
Man has risen so far above all other species that he competes in ways unique in nature. He fights by means of complicated weapons; he fights for ends remote in time.
~ Charles Lindbergh
I came along at a time when the industry was eating its young.
~ Chely Wright
Individual statistics, plate time and everything tend to come, but the most enjoyment I get out of baseball is actually winning.
~ Chili Davis
I hate to lose. When I was a kid, I used to cry every time I lost a game, up until, like, the 8th grade. I used to go ballistic.
~ Chris Bosh
At this point in my career I feel that the Tour takes priority. There may come a time at some point down the line where other races may take preference, but for 2015, it's the Tour.
~ Chris Froome
We want revenge. We played well against them last time, and we feel like it's our turn.
~ Chris Johnson