Quotes About Rivalry

What kind of law do you practice?" "Oh, just about any kind of law you need. In a town like Tallahassee it pays to diversify. I like to say the one thing I won't do is defend FSU football players. I'm a Gator and can't cross that line." Bosch guessed he was speaking to some sort of state rivalry but it was beyond him. His

As important as the dimensions of rivalry is whether rivals compete on the same dimensions. When all or many competitors aim to meet the same needs or compete on the same attributes, the result is zero-sum competition. P. 33

Arjavh whom, at that moment, I hated with a terrible hatred. I hated him because I must fight this battle and possibly kill him.

Competition is a sin.

The 'Team Up North' is something that we talk about every single day. And the best way to respect a rivalry is to work it every day. And we do.

Lee Chong Wei is no doubt the best men's singles opponent I've played, and this gives me extra motivation to raise my game each time I play against him.

Jealousy is a hell of a thing. There's a reason it's one of the deadly sins.

Everybody has fights with their sister.

My sister was the singer, and I always had the mentality there could only be one in the family.

My sister Kathleen - one year older - was the school's acting legend. Her thing was getting all the parts, even Tiresias. And I wasn't going to mess with that.

The best thing about having brothers and sisters is that they're brutally honest. My brother just got the 'Narnia' game, and first thing he does is kill me in it! Six times, over and over again!

I was a Division I college athlete, and I grew up with five brothers and two sisters. I've always been a competitor.

I was brought up with two sisters, so I do know about a three-way dynamic. It's a complex one, because it's easy for one to get left out and the others to gang up. In my family, we were all pretty up for it, but the dynamics would constantly change.

Sisters, to me, are fascinating because it is a unique connection of the coming together of connection and competition. The fact that you have these age differences is a built-in power struggle, and the fact that you're all trying to get attention and resources from the same parents creates competition.

I have two older sisters who were phenomenal sportsmen.

I had six brothers and four sisters and I competed with my brothers every day when I was a kid. If you lost in my family, they kidded the pants off you until you won again.

A few of us who are around the sixty mark don't play that much these days and if you are taking on a couple of guys in their forties it is very difficult.

I think that's one of the best things about skateboarding. We're all competitors out there, but no one dislikes each other.

I have been compared to Mao since we were both junior skaters. We've felt the rivalry since then, so we wanted to avoid each other. However, she has been my motivation.

I don't look at it like that's my rival and I have to beat her. It's more like, I have to ski this as fast as I can and the fastest of everyone out here and that's what I expect.

Nadal and Roger Federer have great respect for each other. I think Novak Djokovic gets under those two guys' skin a little bit, and maybe they don't want to admit it, and I think that's, in a way, healthy.

Interest, ambition, fortune, time, temper, love, all kill friendship.

I just don't want to cozy up to the guy whose girl I have every intention of stealing.

I think the Cowboys are one of only two teams in all of sports that engender love and hate to that extreme. The other is the Yankees. You love the Yankees or you hate the Yankees.