Allan McNish Quotes

Becoming number one is easier than remaining number one.

All my life, everything has been a contest.

It's nice to be at the top, but the most difficult thing is to stay at the top.

When you are at the top, teams raise their game to play against you, breathing down your neck because they want what you have.

In order to be the man, you have to beat the man.

Without losers, where would the winners be?

It is much harder to retain your position at the top than to get to the top.

I also think we live in a competitive world, and I love competition.

It's very hard to get to the top. It's hardest to stay at the top.

Life is a competitive endeavor.

You have to beat the king to be the king. No one is going to hand you a gold medal.

If you start beating opponents in their backyard is when you give yourself a chance to remain No.1.

Everybody really can beat everyone from the top, so it's really difficult to stay on the top.

When you take the world record, a lot of people are going to go out there to get you, really. I kind of enjoy that. I like being chased.

It's hard being on the best team in the world.

It is very hard to stay up there in the Top 20.

It's never easy to compete for a title.

I'm the one that everyone is trying to beat.

Everything is a contest. All dealings among men are a contest in which some will succeed and others fail. And some are failing quite spectacularly.

What a man needs to get ahead is a powerful enemy.

What I want is to be number one.

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

To be the man, you gotta beat the man!

The thrill, believe me, is as much in the battle as in the victory.

I have been up against tough competition all my life. I wouldn't know how to get along without it.