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Quotes About Competition

I haven't got years and years left so I want to compete against the best.
~ Kell Brook
Years and years ago, Jon Jones was untouchable. You couldn't win a round against him.
~ Ryan Bader
Golf is a game in which you yell 'Fore!', shoot six, and write down five.
~ Will Harvey
It's like all guys want to do is make a dunk, grab their shirt and yell out and scream - they could be down 30 points but that's what they do. Okay, so you made a dunk. Get back down the floor on defense!
~ Oscar Robertson
All those car battles with my brother Ned were excellent training. Even now, on the set, if we're getting into a vehicle, I'll yell 'shotgun' first. Thus forcing Steve Martin into the back of the car.
~ Chevy Chase
I watch a lot of ESPN. I just kind of keep it on for long periods of time and watch guys yell at each other about sports things.
~ Ken Marino
In business, every phase of things counts. Companies that just yell out a low price today to win business aren't going to make money in the long term.
~ Zhang Jindong
I can't speak for other people, but I still hate losing. When I did lose, I found it easier to yell than to cry. Guys aren't supposed to cry, are they?
~ John McEnroe
'We've always been competitive. I yell at Liam all the time, 'Move faster! Work harder!' I'm like the trainer because I design all the workouts and implement and enforce them.
~ Luke Hemsworth
A lot of people say they're competitive, and they think that means they scream and yell when they lose. I'm not like that. I don't scream and yell. I just win. At anything I do, I win.
~ Jimmer Fredette
You can actually get calls by yelling, 'And one!' as you release.
~ Paul Pierce
Let's be honest: we all watch the show at home and play 'armchair' 'Survivor,' inserting our opinions, comments and yelling at the TV screen.
~ Jenna Morasca
My guilty pleasure is competitive cooking reality shows. I don't like cooking shows when it's just about cooking. It has to be competitive - they're fighting and yelling at each other. I am obsessed with those shows, and I have no idea why.
~ Justice Smith
I mostly play my dynasty or against someone in the hotel. I don't really like online games. I can't stand people yelling in my ear over a headset. I'd rather just play someone like Dwight Howard out in Orlando or people back home. For games like that, it's cool, but just signing on and playing random people, I hate it.
~ J. R. Smith
I hope people don't get angry at me when I do start yelling and stuff, because I promise you it's all that competitive energy, and I want to win with every last ounce in me.
~ Jake Peavy
That's something I loved growing up - the other team yelling, hyped, student section, all of that gets me going.
~ Kevin Knox
I get excited after I dunk. I yell and scream, but it's not yelling and screaming at other players to show them up. It's the way I play. What I do is have fun on the court.
~ Shawn Kemp
When you've done it long enough - I've done something like 21 World Series - just about every fan base has turned off the TV when their team lost and I was screaming and yelling for the other side.
~ Joe Buck
I won 34 Tour stages by winning sprints, in the mountains, in time trials and going on the attack on the descents. Let's not forget the five yellow jerseys I've got at home plus the 96 days I wore it. Does that not seem much?
~ Eddy Merckx
I'm 28, and for the next six or seven years my goal is to try to fight for the yellow jersey. If I can win it once I would be chuffed to bits.
~ Chris Froome
Thank God there was no yellow card in basketball because I would get a red card every game.
~ Vlade Divac
Tennis players need to be very focused and very intense, and I can show tennis players are not just hitting the little yellow ball and moving in between the white lines. I'm always trying to show my personality outside of the court.
~ Tomas Berdych
Because we always have to wear a uniform to compete, my teammates and I look the exact same. My belt is the only accessory that I get to choose. I usually wear a yellow cloth belt with cherries or a leather belt with a beautiful tree buckle that I got at a thrift store.
~ Hannah Kearney
Yes, I would have loved to win it, but I have great memories from World Cups. The 2007 tournament - my first - was very special.
~ AB de Villiers