Ted Waitt Quotes

It's always good to be underestimated.

The time that people aren't expecting what's going to happen, I find that's the best time to really cause the damage that needs to be done.

It's really ironic that I won, because that's not the goal that I had in mind when I went out to skate.

The reason sport is attractive to many of the general public is that it's filled with reversals. What you think may happen doesn't happen. A champion is beaten, an unknown becomes a champion.

I know I'm always rooting for the underdog in a fight, and I love to be constantly surprised.

We had avoided discovery by the Sioux scouts, and we were confident of giving them a complete surprise.

There is nothing to winning, really. That is, if you happen to be blessed with a keen eye, an agile mind, and no scruples whatsoever.

If you don't have a competitive advantage, don't compete.

People look for an edge in an uncertain world.

If you go 90 yards in a hundred-yard race, you come last. Usain Bolt slows down for the last half a yard, but for 99 yards, he is that far ahead that he can. In our business, you can't be far enough ahead. It is such a competitive marketplace.

You always want to give yourself an edge, want to help your team win. That's pretty much going to preparation.

There's a big advantage in people underestimating you.

The less top players that are in the draw, the higher the chances get for us, obviously.

If you win the turnover battle, you're gonna win more than you lose - and quite a bit more than you lose.

I like being the underdog so they don't expect what's going to happen. It pushes me to work harder and do the things I'm not doing better.

You have to know your opponent and take him out of his game.

If the teams with the best players always won, football would be boring.

Playing against 10 is harder than playing against 11 players. You know why? The team with 11 will think "ok, we can take it easy now", while the team with 10 will think "We really have to work hard now."

Terrorists had the advantage of surprise.

You must always be faster and better than the others.

The whole idea is to get an edge. Sometimes it takes just a little extra something to get that edge, but you have to have it.

Your competitive advantage must be perceivable, promotable, and something the market will pay for.

The guy with the competitive advantage is the one with the best technology.

Benchmark your performance against your best competitors. Think how you can beat them next time.

If I am not playing at one hundred percent, it is going to be very difficult for me to win.