Quotes about "Sports & Competition"

What's been largely forgotten is that Washington was highly passionate and aggressive, and it was only after losing Philadelphia to the British after a string of disastrous battlefield performances that he finally resigned himself to the more conservative approach with which he has since become associated. ”

The team behind 'The Lego Movie' approached me. They wanted to do something extra special for the Academy Award performance of best song nominee 'Everything is Awesome.' They had seen my earlier version of a Lego Oscar statue, and I was happy to take on the challenge. ”

A video taped stage performance is just - you know, it's never gonna be the same as it is if you're sitting there live in the theatre. ”

It's something I have to remind myself about, that at every competition, I put a lot of pressure on myself, almost like it's the end of the world, and I have to keep reminding myself it's not. ”

There are always benefits and good things, bad things that come out of every performance. ”

I was looking for something like baseball, where there's a lot of data and the competition was pretty low. That's when I discovered politics. ”

When I am behind and I am looking ahead and there is that line in front of you, of that guy, of winning and losing, then I really hang it out there and take big risks to make the speed up, and then I'm pretty good at passing. ”

It's true: teamwork makes the dream work. ”

Ninety per cent of how you learn is watching great people. When you are surrounded by good actors it lifts your performance. ”

I thrive on competition. ”