Quotes about "Sports & Competition"

I can't be casual about losing. I always think I have a chance to win until winning is absolutely impossible. ”

It is not a dreamlike state, but the somehow insulated state, that a great musician achieves in a great performance. He's aware of where he is and what he's doing, but his mind is on the playing of the instrument with an internal sense of rightness. ”

Winning isn't everything, but wanting it is. ”

I try to avoid gaining weight as much as possible because it hinders my performance onstage. Touring demands so much energy. ”

I'm actually sometimes nervous right before a performance, but as soon as I'm on the stage I'm like, 'okay, we're gonna rock this baby.' ”

When you have your own identity as a singer, you don't have competition. ”

I've never believed in competition. Everyone's here to do their own thing and become successful in that respect. ”

It has been a dream of mine to be a singer, and now I'm living this dream, singing some beautiful songs and winning people's hearts with my voice. ”

The focus of our public discourse has been on how American companies are competing with Japanese, German, and other foreign companies. What this allows us to ignore is how each of those American companies is really in competition with the families of the workers. That's the real competition. ”

My definition of winning at squash is playing and surviving, and I've never lost a match. ”