Edith Head Quotes

We worked so hard, spent so much time in weight room and in camps to be where we are today. We wanted to come out and be as good as any team in the state, to prove we could hang with any team at any time.

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

I never underestimate my opponent, but I never underestimate my talents.

If I can train for a contest for a week, it's a guaranteed victory.

Sports are a metaphor for life.

Training to become champion is the toughest thing. The fight itself is just a test.

Prepare to win, or lose to someone who is.

I've never felt overmatched on the baseball field. I've always been a very strong, dominant position. And I felt that if I did my work as I've done since I was, you know, a rookie back in Seattle, I didn't have a problem competing at any level. So, no.

When I win, I'll put my title on the line every year, maybe even twice. I'll give players a chance to beat me.

Anybody who watched football last year knows they're good. But that represents a very good opportunity for us. It really does. I think somehow, if we're able to pull that off, I think it will go a long way for our confidence. I look at it as a great opportunity, and hopefully we'll be at our best when we get there.

I like to be just an athlete, but if I go to competition and compete, I love to be a star, maybe.

I love competition.And I thrive on it. I love being able to win the room over before even walking through the door.

I'm a competitor. I never doubt myself.

But then I lock back in and I start thinking about how fun it is to compete during the playoffs and the first round, the second round, and Eastern Conference Finals. If I'm lucky enough to get here again, it will be fun to do it.

This is one of the toughest divisions and I’m going to be champion.

As regards the celebrated struggle for life, it seems to me for the present to have been rather asserted than proved. It does occur, but as the exception; the general aspect of life is not hunger and distress, but rather wealth, luxury, even absurd prodigality -- where there is a struggle it is a struggle for power.

You might have more talent than me, you might be smarter than me, you might be sexier than me, you might be all of those things you got it on me in nine categories. But if we get on the treadmill together, there are two things: You're getting off first, or I'm going to die. It's really that simple, right?

Business is a fight, a continual struggle, just as life is

The only thing I'm addicted to right now is winning.

Losing is not a good feeling, but I don't ever lose anyway.

I've always been a player and a person who wanted to be the best at whatever he did.

If we play hard and we compete, we match up with any team. I feel like we have the personnel to go all the way.

I'm going to be one of the top four that's ever played this game, for sure. And if they don't want me to have one of those top four spots, they'd better find another spot on that mountain. Somebody's gotta get bumped, but that's not for me to decide. That's for the architects.

The only thing I smoke is my competition

In life, as in football, the principle to follow is to hit the line hard.