Competitive Outcome Quotes

In the '80 Olympics... people expected me to win. I was good enough to win, and I made a mistake and ended up second, which is pretty good, too.

Economics is about creating win-win situations. But in sports, someone loses.

I feel like at the Olympics I gave the best performance of my life and I wasn't rewarded for that as an athlete. Yes, my fans and my mom were happy about it, but I didn't win that gold medal.

I want to have an impact on the game. Instead of a sack, how about an interception for a touchdown? I could get 15 tackles. I'm just using those as examples, but any kind of impact would be fine, whether it's a sack or anything else.

I've won at every level, except college and pro.

There's some great, great players that have played this game, in all sports, that haven't won a championship.

The gain to the winner is always less than the loss to the loser.

In football, the result is an impostor. You can do things really, really well but not win. There's something greater than the result, more lasting - a legacy.

I went to University of Illinois team camp. And that was a big deal for me. I got MVP of the camp, but they offered another kid from the camp, which was fine. I laughed with the couple coaches I know who were there at the time, who were part of recruiting the other guy.

Fourth is the worst position to finish. You just missed the podium.

Immediate rematches or rematches in general, I don't know if they ever really do change.

One tournament can change everything for you. You never know when that tournament might be.

What happened to me against Prescott didn't make Prescott a better fighter than me.

If I'd gone into taekwondo, I'd probably have won several Olympic medals.

I feel like I always win at least a round or two at every tournament. I don't go out in the first round too often.

I've been semi-successful. I've done all right but I'm not the player I was. Who do I think will win the world championship? John Higgins. Have I been good for snooker? I don't know.

Beijing didn't go the way I planned and I would have liked to have performed a little bit better personally. After Beijing that is what stuck in my mind. I want a better Olympic finish.