Cree Summer Quotes

I'm always competing.

With 'Idol' it's kind of just like 'OK, here's this competition - I need to do better than somebody else.'

Anytime you do anything, you want to know who was the best at it.

I would say I thrive in a competitive environment.

There's a lot of pressure on kids, period, just to be successful in life.

In sport, if you want to be the best you have to compete against the best - I would much rather have come tenth and be judged against everyone than come first and be judged against just a few.

All my life, everything has been a contest.

When you are in the second position and you want to be champions, you are always under pressure.

You enjoy that as a player, though, going up against the best, just try and see how you stack up.

I found that being top put all the pressure on second place, not first. The focus is on the second-place team, who can't afford to slip up again.

There is no pressure at the top. The pressure is being second or third.

Every time you go for more competition, some people don't like it, but that's the way it is.

If you're good, you're always looking over your shoulder.

Each one of us requires the spur of insecurity to force us to do our best.

As you get older you play in more important games and that is when you start thinking about what will happen if you win or lose.

The one thing you can't do when you're highly ranked is relax.

I'm better than Olivier.

Since I became a favorite in every race, it's just another burden that I have to bear.

But anybody who steps into the lane beside you is the biggest competition because they made it to the finals.

Somehow, people act like I have no competition, but the thing is, the competition is so good that it forces me to be better than I even thought was possible.

I have been compared to Mao since we were both junior skaters. We've felt the rivalry since then, so we wanted to avoid each other. However, she has been my motivation.

I loved tests because it was another form of competing, a healthy competition.

I just come from a school where you have to win something to be accepted.

We're a very success-driven culture, which is such a downer at times. Even if you don't think that way, you're forced to think that way. Everyone is trying to subconsciously out-do everyone else.

What college is all about is some kind of 4-year game about who is going to end up with the highest grades. And I don't mean to say that academic achievement isn't important. But it is, after all, a means to an end.