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Quotes About Competition

I've learned what F1 is like, and it is an extremely competitive sport on and off the track.
~ Daniel Ricciardo
I grew up an athlete. Track and field and dance. In track, I actually went to the Junior Olympics. I've always been very athletic.
~ Kimberly Elise
I'm not keeping track, but the record is there for someone to break.
~ Sammy Sosa
I ran track and played football... I was an all-American.
~ J.I.D
What I have to show, I show on the track.
~ Alan Oliveira
The track in Abu Dhabi is special; this will be our third Grand Prix there.
~ Sebastian Vettel
In track years... track is not like other sports. You do have track athletes that stay in this sport until, like, 35, 36, but I think when you get to 28, it's really difficult.
~ Usain Bolt
I've raced at the Hungaroring in Formula 3, and it's a bit of a Mickey Mouse track.
~ Max Verstappen
Track and field was very big when I was growing up.
~ Usain Bolt
I went to Beijing for the Olympics and was literally right across the track from Usain Bolt. And when he gets to full stride, for every two steps the other guy's taking, he's just taking one.
~ Wendell Pierce
People forget that track and field is one of the hardest sports because we compete against all the world. There are many sports when you are up against only 15 or 20 countries.
~ Greg Rutherford
The marathon is all about energy management. I had planned to run it like a track race with strategic surges to blow up my competitors by putting them into oxygen debt, so that is the way I prepared.
~ Frank Shorter
When you line up on the track, you want to have done your homework, be aware of what they are capable of. You think about everything. It's like taking a journey, innit?
~ Mo Farah
At the end of the day, I'm riding a little kid's bike around a track; that's what I've done for as long as I can remember. Now it's just on a bigger stage at the Olympics.
~ Caroline Buchanan
I don't like the road. I love being on the track. I like being indoors and the fact I'm not battling past 200 other riders.
~ Laura Trott
I don't know of any other driver on the track that doesn't get hot under the collar.
~ Dale Earnhardt Jr.
I ran track. I ran cross country. But I did not play organized basketball in high school, at least on our team. But I played a lot of sports.
~ Adam Silver
You know, sometimes guys work with other guys because they're buddies off the track, not necessarily because they're buddies on the track. Sometimes you've got that going against you or for you.
~ Jeff Gordon
I don't know that many guys have ever been able to accomplish being able to win at every single active track that they've made starts at, and I look forward to trying to complete that feat.
~ Kyle Busch
In the U.S., track and field struggles and I am such a trackie. I love the sport. It's one of those things where if I could garner a little more attention for it or make it a little more exciting, I would love to do that.
~ Mary Cain
I played basketball; I ran track and also played soccer. I think that I am naturally athletic.
~ Kylie Bunbury
I mean, you've kind of got the track down, especially with ovals. The only thing that improves is that when race conditions come, you know what to expect slightly more from the track and from your car.
~ Danica Patrick
It's all about racing on the track.
~ Adam Petty
It's really painful when four singers are asked to sing one track, and in the end, only one of them is kept. What about the other three artists?
~ Kumar Sanu