Competition Intensity Quotes

There will always be something about two men in the ring - a mystique because it's pure man-to-man competition. Because of the history boxing has and the tradition it holds, boxing will always have a that mystique.

I love English football because of its brilliant atmosphere, intensity of the competition and the culture of respect that fans and players have for the game.

Every team can have a shot at the title, and we're seeing all of them as a potential threat. There's absolutely no feeling of entitlement to be at the front.

Listen, anyone in the heavyweight division in the top ten, there is no easy fight. I don't care what you say.

People think the gold medal is yours and they say you're going to win - but they have no idea how hard it is. People aren't doing it negatively - they're mostly lovely and they really do want you to win - but they don't understand the difficulty and intensity of competition.

No one ever wants fight of the night. Every fight I've gone in, I want knockout of the night. I want to be in and out quick. Sometimes, these guys just have a lot of grit - they're highly trained, and I just can't get them out of there, so I get fight of the night.

Ocampo is very dangerous because he has nothing to lose. I want a guy who's going to test me so the crowd gets its money's worth.

The thing is the game is getting tougher and tougher and we have to ask a lot of our bodies.

In playoffs, it's so emotional and the tension's really high and guys are laying everything on the line. And when you do that, things get chippy and guys are playing aggressively, and I think it just comes out in the playoffs a little more. When you know what's on the line and what you're expected to do, it just comes out.

On derby day it's not down to form, it's on the day, who's prepared for the game and who wants to battle.

The regular season is awesome. It's fun. But postseason, that intensity and adrenaline you get from it is a lot.

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.

I always say the Premier League is like two boxers fighting. The one who is least strong gets tired; he does down.

Any strengthening of the squad, in a League and Champions League which demands so much, is a good thing because you need many top quality players.

The biggest difference between college and pros is a lot more games and better competition day in, day out. You don't really have any nights off.

The life of a business is not like a football team! We are not taking part in an Italy-France game or against Germany.

Once I realised what boxing was, I understood - this is the ultimate form of competition. Once you box you go back to the football field or rugby and it just doesn't have the same spice.

Our two biggest rivals had adjusted their whole season to this one aim of beating us. Of course, it is a big compliment that they were so motivated to stop us but it was very tough to face two matches like that so close together. Suddenly three trophies are down to one.

When Juventus lose, everyone celebrates because they hope the title race will be open again.

Why is the competition always so intense to set new records for maximum stupidity?

My progress reminded me of the horses in The Whip. They raced at the limit of their speed directly toward the audience. But they raced on a treadmill which canceled out their progress.