Stuart Broad Quotes

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.

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 get my competitiveness from my mom.

You need to possess more than a little nastiness to play basketball at the highest level.

I think that's one of the first things you'd say if you met me: that I am just nice and smiley. And that's how I might appear when I'm not competing. But I'm totally different when it comes to sport. It's just something that seems to be within me. It's not external or visual. But it's within me.

I'm incredibly competitive in all sports in a way that is so mystifying to my wife because she grew up playing the violin and piano. I've always been like that.

I definitely have my dad's competitive streak in me.

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

I take laser tag incredibly seriously. I am an extremely competitive person - most likely a little over the top at times, but that's just who I am.

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

I'm quite a competitive person, so I do quite like to win.

I'm not an aggressive person, but obviously on the sporting field I'll do whatever it takes.

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

I thrive on physical confrontation. It's a competitive juice in me. I'm always going to have that in the back of my mind. So whether I'm 49, 59, 69 or 109, I'm always going to think that I can go out and compete.

I always want to win everything!

I think I was born with this aggressive game inside me.

I like to battle with defenders if I have to. I don't know where it comes from; I am not a nasty guy.

I am aggressive only on court.

I'm probably one of the most competitive people you'll ever meet. I want to dunk on my nephews. I'll block my 2-year-old's shot to make it hard on them.

I always have a need to win.

It's in my DNA to fight and entertain.

I'm a very competitive type, so I want to win the fight first of everything.

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

I love winning, I love playing to win. You need some of that to be a bowler. You need to have a hatred for the batsman to make sure you have that real fire to perform.

Do you need an aggressive streak to thrive? You could say that. A lot of the great players have that mentality.