John Oates Quotes

There's ego in all of us rugby players.

You know, I stopped being competitive after I played football.

The world of sports knows no religious, racial or political differences. Athletes, from whatever land they come, speak the same language. The lessons of competition are lessons for life.

I just like to think of everyone as a happy family but in football that just doesn't exist.

My favorite part about playing basketball is a chance to play with other people, be in that team atmosphere and have a chance to compete and win every day.

There are a lot of good guys that I race against, and that's what I enjoy the most.

One of the many things I like about baseball is how it combines individual talent and teamsmanship.

And people who know me would tell you that away from hockey I'm really not that competitive.

You've gotta respect everybody. If they race hard against you, you've got to race hard against them. It's very simple; if there's respect both ways, there's no problem.

I'm just here to compete and do the best I can and let things play out and just be the best teammate I can be, regardless of the situation.

A lot of young players don't really know much about the history of the game and a lot of them are missing out on what the game is all about, especially the whole concept of sportsmanship and teamwork.

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.

I think of myself more as a sportsman than I do an artist.

I don't think teams play this game to hurt other guys. I don't think that's the story. We don't play this game to hurt one another.

I'm a competitive person. I love the game of basketball. I'm a gym rat.

The beauty of football is that it's about 11, and another five, at least, are sitting outside. You cannot get competitive.

Pretty much all the drivers I get on with, at least to say 'Hi' and have a conversation. But when the helmet's on, you don't care who it is. You have no sympathy: someone blows an engine in front of you, if it means you gain a position, then you're smiling.

We do our best to compete and show how good we are together. The game is more fun when I have my brother.

I don't have friends when I'm on the court, besides my team.

Just being in the whole environment around the IPL, around the people that you ge to play with and against means it's going to be really, really good.

It is healthy to have competition and intense competition, and then, when you walk away from it, you are still teammates, and you play the same position and that we can still put the team first.

We definitely don't want to get in others' way while we're competing.

We're all friends, me and the refs.

When the Olympics comes around, it seems like every country is against each other, but we're all buddies out here. It's about giving feedback to fellow riders and letting the riders feed off each other.

Whenever I'm on the court, I just want to do whatever I can to help my teammates win the game.