Carlos Vela Quotes

I had true rivalries. Not only did I want to beat my opponent, but I didn't want to let him up, either. I had a rivalry with Mac, Lendl, Borg. Everybody knew there was tension between us, on court and off. That's what's really ingrained in my mind: 'This is real. This isn't a soft rivalry.' There were no hugs and kisses.

Dislike is what creates rivalries.

Every actor has a natural animosity toward every other actor, present or absent, living or dead.

I don't have a warm personal enemy left. They've all died off. I miss them terribly because they helped define me.

All men work more zealously against their enemies than they cooperate with their friends.

There's obviously games and a history you have with guys that maybe you're a little more fired up to let them know if maybe you beat them on a play.

As racing drivers, you always have those moments that it gets a bit heated, but then you start from zero again.

This is a big game, and there are a lot of haters in the game. But don't hate me, hate the game.

I don't like the word 'revenge' so much in football.

All's fair in love and war and sport - even when you're fighting against your sister.

That would be a lot of fun if a Devil-Ranger rivalry was kind of heated up again.

When it's those division games, that's when it gets ramped up for me.

Sometimes you get into fights if a teammate is getting taken advantage of, sometimes just from competing and you feel someone takes a cheap shot. It's just the intensity. It's an intense game, sometimes you just get too fired up and fights happen.

The potter is at enmity with the potter.

You know, the thing that struck me about Civil War music was how bloody it was; it was full of hatred. There was incredible vitriol in it.

We were brothers off the field, but there was no love lost on it. We fought like cats and dogs. Wes was always trying to strike me out, and meantime, I was always trying to hit a home run off him.

Rivalry doesn't help anybody.

Sportsmanship and easygoing methods are all right, but it is the prospect of a hot fight that brings out the crowds.

Skiers view snowboarders as a menace; snowboarders view skiers as Elmer Fudd.

I think today the players are too nice to one another, but that might change with the unbalanced schedule, with teams playing each other more and more. When you face each other that much, with that much at stake, something's bound to happen.

People have created feuds between me and other artists.

Beating Pakistan is always special because they are a tough team and we have a bit of a history regarding Pakistan.

There is no overt rivalry among our children.

I think that the relationship between two top-level athletes who are rivals is one of the most fascinating human relationships to explore. It's always one atom away from being a tragedy.

It can go two ways with girls: They either bond or eat each other alive.