Intense Competition Quotes

In tennis you're on an island. Of all the games men and women play, tennis is the closest to solitary confinement.

The NBA is a crazy place.

It is difficult to take in how long you have been doing one thing when you compete at the highest level and always with the highest intensity.

I've never felt as nervous as I did before a track meet - literally, stomach going crazy - 'cause it was just so difficult.

At Cambridge, it was the weirdest culture. Everyone pretended they didn't do any work, yet it was so competitive.

There's no nights off in the NBA. That's what makes it so special. That's why everyone loves the game.

You know in a playoff atmosphere anything can happen.

The more violent the body contact of the sports you watch, the lower the class.

I didn't realize until I was doing commentary what a gladiator-like competition tennis is - other than no one dies. The crowd is waiting for the players to come, and they walk through the tunnel, and they get on the court, and they get out their rackets, their weapons, and now they start.

The bigger the game the better. I'm an adrenaline junkie. I feed off big crowds and noise.

When I head into the cage for an MMA fight, for that time inside the cage, I hate the person standing across the cage. I want to beat him up and beat him up to the point where he never wants to go against me again. After the fight, I can shake his hands, and he - we can be best friends. It's the same thing in professional wrestling.

I want Infosys to be a company which is globally respected and in where people belonging to different nationalities, races and religious beliefs will work with intense competition but utmost courtesy, dignity and co-operation in adding greater value to our stakeholders day after day.

To play a match between Boca and River in Madrid, it's weird. But as a player, it is important to stay focused on the match.

Pressure? Well it ain't hitting in forty-four straight games, because I done that and it was fun. The playoffs are pressure.

It's not easy to play for Atletico. Talent is not enough, the bar is very high.

I wouldn't say I'm the best player. On the competitive level, I am the best competitor. I don't think there's anybody like me. I play my heart out on both ends of the floor, and I give my all.

The best example is the NBA, with high intensity and long breaks. During the season, the NBA teams play every three days. That's a lot, and they also travel far. But from the end of May until October, they have their break.

Well, football is a hard game; there's no denying it. It's a game that can bring out the worst in you, at times.

Every game in this league is close, and it's going to come down to making plays at the end.

[Football is] a game that requires the constant conjuring of animosity.

I've played at Rucker Park a couple of times. It's cold blooded. It's hype in there, real hype.

The margin for error in the Champions League is tiny.

My objective was to hurt the other fighters. I wanted to hurt them. I wanted to be merciless. Man, I was a wild thing. It's kind of a drug, a rush.

If you're going to get into the political business, you've got to be intensively competitive.

Football, bloody hell!