“I don't want to be competing in a sport where I feel that I'm here not on my talent and my hard work but because of a piece of equipment.” WantFeelsHardSportsPiecesTalentHard WorkCompetingEquipment Author:Oscar Pistorius
“I've been involved with Fantasy Football for more than 10 years now, and I'll keep competing each year as long as I'm still having fun. I like to play sports, and I like to compete, but I also have a wife and three daughters. This lets me stay involved with the sport I love and still spend quality time with my family too.” YearsLongStillsPlayThreeFunSportsQualityFantasyWifeFootballInvolvedDaughterMy FamilyLet MeHaving FunCompetingQuality TimeThree DaughtersFantasy Football Author:Stevie Richards
“It was bad enough to have toppled from the Olympic heights to make my living competing with animals. But the competition wasn't even fair. No man could beat a race horse, not even for 100 yards.” MenEnoughSportsAnimalRaceBeatsFairsHorseCompetitionAthleteHeightYardsCompetingRace Horses Book:Jesse, a spiritual autobiography Source: Jesse, a spiritual autobiography
“Tennis is such an individual and competitive sport, but it is great being part of a team and getting to know the girls outside of tennis - even though we are all competing for the same thing!” KnowsGirlIndividualSportsTeamTennisCompetingCompetitive Sports Author:Dominika Cibulkova
“It's frustrating in the sense that I still think I could be competing at some sport at a fairly high level, which nobody cares about. Nobody wants to hear me say that.” ThinkingWantStillsCareSportsLevelsCompetingFrustratingHigh LevelNobody Cares Author:Lance Armstrong
“If there is one thing I learned by reading Epstein's "The Sports Gene" it is that world-class athletes are, by definition, abnormal: that is, the kind of person capable of competing at that level is necessarily very different from the rest of us physiologically. They are outliers.” IfsWorldKindPersonsDifferentReadingSportsLevelsClassOne ThingCapableAthleteDefinitionsGenesCompetingAbnormalWorld ClassOutliers Author:Malcolm Gladwell
“To me business is a sport. I love knowing that 24x7x365xforever I'm competing with people I don't know. To build my businesses. To come up with new ideas. To come up with better ideas. That motivates me.” PeopleKnowsIdeasSportsKnowingCome UpNew IdeasCompeting Author:Mark Cuban
“My father was a racing driver, his name is Don Halliday. I grew up with it all around me. I have always been into fast, dangerous sports, even as a child. As soon as I got in a car I knew it was for me and that I would enjoy racing and competing. My mother was also involved in Solo One. She always said I was like my father and would want to compete one day.” WantChildrenSaidMotherFatherNamesSportsEnjoyDangerousCarGrewInvolvedOne DayGrew UpDriversRacingSoloCompetingRacing DriverDangerous Sports Author:Liz Halliday
“Determination is number one! You have to be trained physically. You have to have a good mental attitude - wanting it and enjoying the thrill of going fast. There is a certain level of aggression with competing at professional racing level but you have to control it as it is a high reaction, fast sport.” CertainSportsEnjoyLevelsNumbersAttitudeDeterminationReactionsGood ManRacingAggressionThrillCompetingMental Attitude Author:Liz Halliday
“I have no social life. There is no time for one. Once in a while I may go to dinner with a friend but that is it. However I am much happier travelling and being busy competing in both my sports than having time off.” MaySocialSportsBusyDinnerCompetingSocial LifeTime OffBeing Busy Author:Liz Halliday
“I've been a professional for I think 13, 14 years. It's not easy hitting balls every day and staying really motivated throughout the whole period. It's normal [that] you're going to have ups and downs. But I found my way again. And I love the sport. I love competing. I love battling. I love being out there and playing in front of crowds. This is what I've been doing since I was a child. There's nothing else that I want to do.” ThinkingWayWantYearsChildrenWholeFoundEasySportsLove IsFrontsPeriodsNormalBallsCrowdsMy WayStayingMotivatedHittingCompetingUps & Downs Author:Jelena Jankovic
“The sport is definitely growing, and has become much more competitive. When I started, you were either a former swimmer or runner who took up triathlons. Now, you have a generation of triathletes coming up that started competing at a young age - these are the people that will change the game.” PeopleAgeYoungGamesSportsGrowingGenerationsFormerRunnersCompetingYoung AgeSwimmerTriathlon Author:Timothy O'Donnell
“The Lord calls us to love everybody. Every day it's a challenge. Within this sport, I'm called to love everybody. That means that every single German or Canadian that I want to beat, I still have to love. That means competing the way God wants me to compete. That means doing things that might not necessarily be seen as giving me a competitive advantage but instead doing what God would want me to do.” WayWantGivingMeanStillsMightSportsChallengesLordBeatsAdvantageWant MeCompetingCompetitive Advantage Author:Elana Meyers