Quotes About Competition

Peer attachments are not the problem themselves. It's when they compete with adult attachments that the problems emerge. It's just like when siblings get attached to each other. If they start revolving around each other, then the parents can't do anything with them because it's a competing attachment.

If you have, especially with siblings, something like the competition for mom's affection, it just never goes away.

Sibling rivalry was, and still is to this day, rampant in my family. We were all competing for my parents' divided attention.

I'm fascinated by the concept of what I call 'clusters of creativity': the Brontes, the Waughs, families with several geniuses. I'm one of four; competition among siblings has to be a factor.

We all have competitive relationships with our siblings.

When you have a lot of siblings, you always do something to feel special.

It certainly helped just having acres and acres of green grass, a back lawn where there's goal posts and plenty of siblings and cousins around to compete with and play against.

I never forget my first emotions in football, in Sicily.

I'm not a good loser. I get sick physically... I take it to heart. I hate it.

People don't realize how sick Amanda Nunes is. She beats some of the UFC bantamweight males in the gym.

I think Americans are probably getting sick of us Australians trying to take their jobs.

A lot of racers have some of their best days when they're sick.

Fans all have their memories of pennant races, good memories, sick memories.

I loved being on Broadway, but performing has become exhausting, and I just don't want to live in New York anymore. I'm just sick of the competition in New York, the feeling that I always have to rehearse to keep up my performance. I don't feel like rehearsing, even though it should be my favorite thing in the world to do.

The whole reason I moved to the U.S. to be coached by Alberto Salazar is to be able to improve 1 or 2 per cent. I was sick of coming sixth in the world, seventh in the world, and get close to a medal, but not quite there, half-a-second.

I've played in Boston and New York, and it doesn't matter if you're sick, aching - once you step on that field, you're a completely different animal.

Everything being equal, no sickness or crashes, there's nobody who can beat Lance Armstrong at the Tour de France.

I love fighting. I don't know what it is in me, whether it's a sickness or a gene, but I just love standing in front of another fighter and going for it: they can hurt me, and I can hurt them.

It is a disgrace. I think darts should be at the Olympics. Obviously you'd have to cut out the drinking side of the game. But apart from that there's no reason why it shouldn't be there.

Fashion has a dark side - it's not all runways and lipstick and fishtail gowns.

I play football. Chelsea is my favourite side.

As a batter, I would want to see that the best bowler is in my side so I don't have to face him.

Football is made up of several factors, such as the physical side, which is very important, and the mental side.

I used to be a pretty good hit-and-run man when I played in the minors. I handled the bat well and could hit the ball to the right side of the infield. Nevertheless, I know that you often give the opposition an out on the hit-and-run play.