Quotes about "Sports & Competition"

I guess my interest in performance has evolved and changed many times over the years. ”

Success is like winning the sweepstakes or getting killed in an automobile crash. It always happens to somebody else. ”

Grandma cheated whenever she could. She cheated because it was a much more scientific and surer way of winning than trusting to luck. ”

As a driver you enjoy winning races, and if you win in the easiest way possible, fine, but in reality we all remember the fights to the end, the nip and tuck stuff. ”

If you go on stage with the wrong attitude, or something in your performance is off, you can lose an audience in the first minute. That first minute is crucial. ”

For me, the world is a stage, and we are all playing the character we have chosen to play on that stage. It is the job of the photographer to capture the drama of the performance. ”

Even if we were friends, I consider this a sport, a competition, so there are no ill feelings towards any other fighter or whatever. ”

This level of competition is extremely high. Everybody is trained. Everybody has a game plan. Everybody has a nutritionist. Everybody has everything. It's here that you realize, as people, we're all equal. ”

One mistake, your winning streak is over and you've got to start over again. But you have to be optimistic in life, and I find that it's also beautiful, because if things are too predictable, that sucks, too, right? ”

I was bribed into starting swimming with the promise of sweets and by being told that you can win medals. My mum had given me a bag of medals which she had won when she was young, so the idea of winning medals was very exciting. ”