“Training hasn't been consistent for the last week or so which was a bit annoying, but going into the competition I just had to get myself into the right mind frame.” MindLastsBitsWeekTrainingCompetitionConsistentAnnoying Author:Tom Daley
“People who aren't perhaps that into sport are going to be following me and wanting to be part of the Olympics. That definitely does bring added pressure but as an athlete the Olympics are the ultimate competition.” PeopleDoeSportsUltimatePressureCompetitionAthleteFollowingOlympics Author:Jessica Ennis
“After my first day of competition I put on compression socks. They help me recover for the next day.” FirstsHelpingNextCompetitionHelp MeNext DaySockCompression Author:Jessica Ennis
“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.” PeopleThinkingWantIdeasHardWinningGoldDifficultyCompetitionLovelyNo IdeaIntensityMedalGold Medals Author:Jessica Ennis
“There are 20 million unemployed and what does the Constitution offer us in the Europe of 25, 27 and soon to be 30: policies of unrestricted competition to the detriment of production, wages, research and innovation.” DoeMillionsPolicyOffersResearchEuropeConstitutionInnovationCompetitionProductionsWagesUnemployedResearch And Innovation Author:Laurent Fabius
“I loved tests because it was another form of competing, a healthy competition.” FormHealthyTestsCompetitionCompetingHealthy Competition Author:Suzanne Farrell
“In America, if you want to make it as a golfer, you go to college on a scholarship. In Australia, you go to the airport with a plane ticket. The competition just isn't there.” IfsWantAmericaCollegeCompetitionPlanesAustraliaTicketsAirportsScholarshipGolfers Author:Stuart Appleby
“I've always written. When I was in school, the only teacher who ever liked me was my creative writing teacher. I used to enter poetry competitions, and I don't think I ever lost one. So I had the idea for a while of being some kind of poet.” ThinkingWritingKindIdeasSchoolUsedLostCreativeTeacherWrittenPoetCompetitionCreative WritingLost Ones Author:Justin Townes Earle
“I'm a competitive person and it is in my nature to try hard in every match I play. The only time I'm not competitive is when I'm playing against my mom.” TryingPersonsHardPlayMomCompetitionMy MomOnly TimeCompetitive Person Author:Michael Chang
“I was always really strict on myself about doing everything possible to prepare for competition.” CompetitionStrict Author:Michael Chang
“I never dislike anyone that I am in competition with. I welcome the challenge. Besides, I get along with just about everyone.” ChallengesCompetitionWelcomeDislike Author:Dante Hall
“I started writing sketches with Dennis Kelly, who I ended up writing 'Pulling' with. We entered a BBC competition and did quite well, then started writing bits for other people's shows. You wheedle your way in, write pilots and eventually you end up writing a sitcom.” PeopleWayWritingWellsEndsShowsBitsCompetitionPilotsPullingSitcom Author:Sharon Horgan
“The US constitution's First Amendment rights only cover Americans, but I believe that in a democracy the competition of ideas and free speech should combat beliefs that it does not agree with - more speech and debate, not censorship.” ShouldFirstsBelieveDoeIdeasBeliefI BelieveDemocracyRightsSpeechConstitutionAgreeCompetitionDebateCombatCensorshipAmendmentsFree SpeechFirst AmendmentUs ConstitutionFirst Amendment Rights Author:Joichi Ito
“The competition in today's world of racing is so tough.” WorldTodayToughCompetitionRacingToday's World Author:Jimmie Johnson
“I've been in a competitive situation almost all my life. I've been having a competition with myself and trying to be the best I could be.” TryingSituationCompetitionBeing The Best Author:Judith Jamison
“I think everyone can recognize the one-upmanship and the competition that go on wherever you are, especially among groups where the women don't have to hold down office jobs and instead get in a total snit about who won the longest carrot contest or took first prize for summer chutney in the August fete.” ThinkingFirstsJobsGroupsGoes OnOfficeSummerCompetitionPrizeContestsAugustCarrotsWherever You AreOffice Jobs Book:In a Good Place: A Novel Source: In a Good Place: A Novel
“Let-go means no competition, no struggle, no fight... just relaxing with existence, wherever it leads. Not trying to control your future, not trying to control consequences, but allowing them to happen... not even thinking about them. Let-go is in the present; consequences are tomorrow. And let-go is such a delightful experience, a total relaxation, a deep synchronicity with existence” ThinkingTryingMeanHappensFightingInspiringExistenceStruggleTomorrowLetting GoConsequenceCompetitionAllowingOur FutureDelightfulRelaxationYour FutureSynchronicity Author:Rajneesh
“The study of motivation goes back to the Greeks. Their sports were essential to their education. They saw in sports the integration of body, mind and soul, the creation of beauty, the mastering of athletics, and the challenge of competition. A French sociologist points this out. "Sports," he wrote, was part of the education of the citizen. He was expected to engage in exercise for a whole series of reasons that had to do with the shaping of the citizen; the relation between moral good and physical good; and the growth of a person.” MindPersonsSoulReasonWholeBodyMotivationSportsGrowthChallengesMoralStudySawsCreationCitizensExerciseEssentialsRelationCompetitionSeriesExpectedGreekIntegrationVitalityAthleticsSociologistsMind Body And Soul Author:George A. Sheehan