Quotes about "Sports & Competition"

I find that with dance - and with the arts in general - because I want to grow in my performance, I have to come face to face with my own personal challenges. ”

We get so caught up in winning all the time, but it's also even more important to be a good person, so that's what I learned. ”

It turns out that a Nobel is also followed by other recognitions, and perhaps the most unexpected of these is that the Japan Karate Association in Tokyo has now made me an honorary 7th-degree black belt, something that, given my athletic abilities, is even more unimaginable than being an Economic Sciences Laureate. ”

I want to score more than 20. It's my job. But it is not an obsession for me ahead of winning titles for the team. ”

The higher up the rugby ladder you go, the differences between winning and losing games get smaller and smaller. ”

You're not going to please everyone, but then, it's not about pleasing people: it's about winning rugby games. ”

It's very easy to quantify performances and personal accolades, but ultimately, I'm in a team sport, and it's about winning. ”

In sports, you simply aren't considered a real champion until you have defended your title successfully. Winning it once can be a fluke; winning it twice proves you are the best. ”

I am reaching a point in my life where the basketball chapter in my life is slowly closing from a competition standpoint. ”

I am a variety machine; I look for variety in my characters, and an extra edge in the characterisation helps in bringing out a better performance. ”