Quotes about "Sports & Competition"

I just wanted to be around a positive organization that's used to winning and plays the game the right way. Milwaukee, they're not used to winning. I just wasn't going to go for it at the end of my career. ”

A strange thing happens when Spielberg discusses his own work. His degree of self-criticism seems a direct reflection of each film's box-office performance. You will not catch him complaining that the audience 'didn't get' a film; if it didn't do well, it generally didn't deserve to. ”

Unlike sport, music is not about winning or keeping fit or promoting your town or school; it's about celebrating, to a level approaching ecstasy, the deepest human longings. ”

Before Liszt, a conductor was someone who just facilitated the performance, who would keep people together or beat the time, indicate the entries. After Liszt, that was no longer the case; a conductor was someone who shaped the music in an intense musical way, who played the orchestra as an instrument. ”

For me, winning was 'job done.' I would practise the day after. ”

In the late '80s and early '90s, I took success for granted, winning four or five tournaments a year. I just expected to win them. ”

Judd Trump's bedrock of his game is potting good long pots, getting in, creating a chance, and winning frames at one visit. ”

When you get a trophy, why go jumping and crying? Winning's a great feeling, but everything else is an anti-climax. ”

The only way you can get confidence is by winning, and unfortunately, the only way you win is by being confident. ”

You really have to be winning by the time you get to 20 these days. ”