“When you're not practicing, someone somewhere is. And when the two of you meet, assuming roughly equal ability, the other person will win.” InspirationalPersonsTwoWinningSportsAbilityPracticePlayerHard WorkVictoryPoliticianEqualLosingCompetitionAssumingCompetitorsHard Work Pays OffPractice Makes Perfect Author:Bill Bradley
“The marathon is all about energy management. I had planned to run it like a track race with strategic surges to blow up my competitors by putting them into oxygen debt, so that is the way I prepared.” WayRunningEnergySportsRaceManagementPreparedTrackBlowDebtCompetitorsOxygenMarathonStrategic Author:Frank Shorter
“Also our fellow competitors, who are indeed the people just mentioned - we do not compete with men who lived a hundred centuries ago, or those yet not born, or the dead, or those who dwell near the Pillars of Hercules, or those whom, in our opinion or that of others, we take to be far below us or far above us. So too we compete with those who follow the same ends as ourselves; we compete with our rivals in sport or in love, and generally with those who are after the same things; and it is therefore these whom we are bound to envy beyond all others. Hence the saying.” PeopleMenEndsSportsBornOpinionCenturyHuman NatureHundredFellowsBoundsEnvyCompetitorsRivalsPillars Author:Aristotle
“So as an amateur Olympic competitor I loved criticism, because it made me better. But now as a professional I don't really know how to channel it or where to take it, so I don't take it quite as well.” KnowsWellsMadeSportsKnow HowCriticismCompetitors Author:Scott Hamilton
“Sports have always been a huge part of my life and my conversations. It is a thrill and an honor to be a part of this ground-breaking show. I am a competitor at heart, but a true sports fan to my core.” HeartShowsSportsFansHugeHonorConversationCoreThrillCompetitorsSports Fan Author:Summer Sanders
“I've got a strength and conditioning coach, a weights coach, but I've also got a nutritionist, a physiotherapist and a masseur available to me if I need it. It's quite a good network. I've also got sports scientists who record the technical information, so that, after the race, we can analyse the video and check comparisons between, not only me and the other competitors, but me and my best performance. I couldn't do it without these guys, but I'm the one who gets all the credit.” IfsNeedsGuySportsRaceRecordsInformationPerformancesScientistWeightAvailableCreditCoachesChecksVideoComparisonCompetitorsConditioningBest PerformanceNutritionistStrength And Conditioning Author:Liam Tancock
“As Christians, we're asked to give. In my sport, if someone needs equipment or help with something, regardless of who they are as a competitor, I'm called to help them for a higher purpose. So it definitely affects everything I do. It's not easy. It's very hard to love everyone.” IfsNeedsGivingHardHelpingChristianPurposeEasySportsHigherEquipmentCompetitorsLove EveryoneHigher Purpose Author:Elana Meyers