Quotes About Challenge

Winning Nobel imposed on me a lifestyle to which I am not used and which I would not have preferred.

Actually, the Kentucky moment was better than winning the two National Championships, because it was the epitome of what I try to get from a team in a crisis situation.

I know I'll never feel that sensation of racing and winning again and that took a while to get used to. The Tour was a race I never thought I could lose.

It goes without saying, winning against a good team in a hostile crowd on the road, it's just an absolutely huge win.

You know, when you run you got to be all in and you take risks of winning and losing.

Winning the Royal Rumble is as big an accomplishment as anything.

Talking about class terrifies me. There is no way of winning.

I look at someone like Kathryn Bigelow, and I have so much admiration. She's playing in the boy's sandpit, and winning.

You take wins where you can get them because they're not easy to come by. You win at the major-league level, and you've done something.

With but few exceptions, it is always the underdog who wins through sheer willpower.

The line between winning and losing is very thin, and wins give you prestige, stability, and continuity.

If you're not out there taking some risks, if you're just coasting along with your wins, then you're not really trying.

I like competing. I like going head to head, the best man wins.

Kind of making that leap from a team that wins occasionally to a team that wins the majority of the time, a lot of times just comes down with figuring out how tough it is to win, and then executing down the stretch to do it.

I come from the 49er, where there is a high error rate in the sailing but the best sailor still wins, and that's why I'm attracted to these kind of boats.

I feel very competitive with Robert Morse off-set. We often duke it out. He always wins.

Eleven wins is hard to come by.

August in sub-Saharan Los Angeles is one of the great and awful tests of one's endurance, sanity and stamina.

I loved tests because it was another form of competing, a healthy competition.

Hour-long TV is no joke. It tests you as a human being. It makes you a stronger person, but it's really crazy.

I remember doing my SATs on a film set; you had to complete the tests in a certain time and, obviously, you couldn't be interrupted. I think I did pretty well; it wasn't too difficult.

My aim is to play Test matches. For me, there is a different feel of Test cricket as it tests your character. You come to know about your mental toughness, and most importantly, there is another level of satisfaction as a player.

From a spectator point of view, Test cricket is not important; people hardly watch Test cricket. But as a player, Tests are the real thing. You have to concentrate for five days. It's a lot of time, and not easy to do it day in and day out. If people have played 70-100 Tests, it's a lot of cricket, a lot of concentration and dedication.

I come from Maceio, where it is very hot all year around. I moved to Florinoples in the south, which is very cold. I passed the tests that were asked of me there, and that got me the move to Germany. I could have stayed in Brazil, but I wanted the challenge.