Yvon Chouinard Quotes

Rivalry and envy are Siamese twins.

It's just strange to think that so much of our enjoyment from sports comes from the elevation of arbitrary differences.

The Breakfast of Champions isn't cereal, it's the competition!

Not too hard for me to stay motivated when I'm in sport where everyone's trying to knock me out.

I'd like to be somewhere near Lawrence Taylor so I can keep an eye on that sucker.

No competition, no progress.

Competition is pretty much the essence of everything, it gives humans drive.

Whoever want my spot can play me one-on-one for it.

The only thing I smoke is my competition

Jealous punks can't stop my dunks.

True disputants are like true sportsmen: their whole delight is in the pursuit.

You've got to look for tough competition. You've got to want to beat the best.

Great contests generally excite great animosities.

There's nobody you'd rather beat than your good friend.

Mad cause he aint like me... Oh you mad cause nobody ever did it like me.

I am not a driver, I am a racer.

I love innovation, I love competing. I hate my competitors. You cannot be in the world of business when you don't have this consciousness of winning.

I've been in football all my life, gentlemen, and I don't know whether I'm particularly qualified to be a part of anything else, except I consider it a great game, a game of many assets, by the way, and I think a symbol of what this country's best attributes are: courage and stamina and a coordinated efficiency or teamwork.

I want to be better than five guys. I was that way when I used to box, I was that way in any sport. I want to compete with five other guys. If I beat five other guys, I'd like to see if I can beat six.

I’m familiar with a lot of guys, hang out with those guys. A couple of my teammates actually went to Florida, so I’m familiar with a lot of those guys. It's going to be fun walking out with a victory and rubbing it in their faces.

I look at him as some other person I need to beat.

Emulation is not rivalry. Emulation is the child of ambition; rivalry is the unlovable daughter of envy.

Hip-hop is a competition culture. It's based around, "My DJ is better than you. My graffiti artist is better than you."

He's just jealous. You know what they say. Empty tin cans make the most noise, and he's an empty tin can. This game is between the Bears and the Eagles, not Ditka and Ryan. We all know who would win that one. Ditka, hands down.

There's always going to be space for battle in hip hop. For competition. It's just an inseparable part of the game.