Michael B. Jordan Quotes

I was extremely competitive, so for me becoming a footballer was not necessarily because it was about being the best - it was about winning.

I have a lot of competitive juices, and I want to go out and compete on the football field every day.

I always tried to win. I was as competitive as I am today.

My whole life I've hated to lose, no doubt about it. I've been guilty of that since I was 6 years old, at camp. I have always played to win. That's who I am. But I never hurt anybody. The problem is when you're perceived as being too aggressive where you hurt somebody or do something improper.

To be able to have winning in your blood growing up, whether it was pounding my little brother or trying to beat my dad in something, or just competing on teams with my friends, it was nonstop.

It kills me to lose. If I'm a troublemaker, and I don't think that my temper makes me one, then it's because I can't stand losing. That's the way I am about winning, all I ever wanted to do was finish first.

I'm just super competitive. Squash, tennis, water skiing, computer games... Even if I played you at pool, I'd have to win.

My motivation is like it is always, try to be the best and try to win, that is part of my character.

Most pro athletes are super competitive, super clutch, and they don't want to lose at anything.

I have to win, even if I'm just playing ping pong.

I've always been very competitive, and I've always had this desire to win my entire life. I guess when it comes to being in the cage, especially, I just hate losing more than I like to win. The idea of someone beating me just doesn't sit well.

Someone once told me I'm a sore winner, and they're right. I rarely take more than a moment to enjoy a success before I'm moving on and looking for the next challenge.

I'm just a very tough person when I go on the court, and I really don't want to lose.

People just don't understand how obsessed I am with winning.

I'm just competitive. It doesn't matter what it is. I want to win.

If there is one thing that all players have in common it is that winning, competitive gene; the ability to overcome obstacles and fight for what you want from your career.

I always had that, even when I was a kid in a go-kart or when I was playing soccer or tennis: that need of winning. It was there all my life, and it's still there now.

The Williams girls compete extremely hard on court because they hate losing - it's just that they haven't played an awful lot of tennis over the years.

I'm very easy-going off court, but I really want to win once I'm walking on to the court.

Maybe it's oldest-child syndrome, but I have always been competitive, even as a kid with sports. It spills into my career.

I've been competitive from day one. It's in my nature. Whether people recognize that or not, I don't know how they can't. I'm not gonna go out there and try to hurt somebody or win by all means. But if it's up in the air, I'm gonna try harder than you to get it done.

A college athlete is going to be competitive. You don't get to that level if you're not.

If you don't want to win, you don't want to be around me.

I'm just like that: I just always try to win, to get better, do my best, and it always annoys me to lose.

I'm a sportsman who has competition in my blood, and I am not interested in money.