Quotes About Rivalry

That's something I loved growing up - the other team yelling, hyped, student section, all of that gets me going.

Yes, politics IS war without bloodshed; and war is an extension of those politics.

Battle, n., A method of untying with the teeth a political knot that would not yield to the tongue.

I find it funny how people from Boston and New York hate each other because of pro teams. But, like, everyone on the Red Sox is a random millionaire athlete from somewhere else.

Success makes so many people hate you. I wish it wasn't that way. It would be wonderful to enjoy success without seeing envy in the eyes of those around you.

I remember Mick Jagger asking me 'hey, how do you guys feel about us coming over here and taking all the play from you guys?' I said 'Well, in a way, you have eliminated all my competition.

People always ask me, 'Is there a rivalry between the Nickelodeon and Disney stars? Do you guys hate each other?' Like everyone has to be on one team. If you're a Selena Gomez fan, you can't be a Victoria Justice fan. We're both half-Latin, and people put us in the same category.

I love fan bases where it matters so much. In that state, with both Alabama and Auburn in the same state, it just makes that rivalry so unique. You guys live it 52 weeks out of the year. Ohio State fans live it 52 weeks out of the year, but their counterpart, Michigan, doesn't.

I can't root for the Lakers. I grew up in northern California, so I spent many of my young adult years rooting against the Lakers.

From a young age, I was viciously competitive.

The atmosphere at my school was very competitive. Young girls were competing with each other every day for status, for leadership, for the affection of the teachers. I hated it.

If you're winning bike races ahead of guys who're older than you then they're going to get upset. When some young guy appears from nowhere, some people who are slower assume they ride dangerously.

Joe Stubbs was very jealous of me, especially after 'I Found a Love.' We'd be on stage and he'd lay traps for me, make me look bad.

Rankings mean nothing. You have to talk trash.

I love when people talk trash.

I'm competitive, and I think everybody knows that if you're talking trash, you're gonna get a reaction out of me.

With MJ and Kobe, what you get is you get people who is talking trash to you and backing it up.

I'll tell you what: the most hostile and angry trash talker ever is Gary Payton.

Even in practice, me and Kobe get into it every day. I do my best to challenge him. He's still going to be Kobe, talking trash.

I keep all my trash talk to basketball. I don't ever go after anybody.

I talk trash, but the thing is, I talk trash about people I'm actually going to fight, who are actually in my weight class.

Me and Kobe are always going to talk trash and get into it. But when he talks trash to everybody else, some people tend to shy away.

Of course, we're going to talk trash or whatever. Both teams just want to win the game.

I would always talk trash to my brother and my cousin. I would tell them, 'I'm already better than you!'