Competed Quotes

I think the sport of wrestling, which I became involved with at the age of 14... I competed until I was 34, kind of old for a contact sport. I coached the sport until I was 47. I think the discipline of wrestling has given me the discipline I have to write.

I competed in track for 10 years and have been doing kickboxing forever.

The Athletic Association competed against the University. So there was an event. You cannot break world records unless it is an established event, and you have three timekeepers, and the whole thing is organized.

I want to see where I measure up against everyone in the world and everyone who has ever competed in the sport, and there's that innate sense of wanting to challenge myself. I'm competitive in all aspects.

We were five heterosexual, good-looking men. We competed against each other for the sexiest girls... I won.

The first time I walked into the Olympic athlete village seeing the Visa ATM machine with my picture on it and the Chinese characters saying 'Destiny.' For some reason, it just boosted my confidence and it was before I had even worked out or had my first training or competed.

When I competed, it was for honor and country. It was a privilege to be a part of the U.S. team.

As a 9th grader, I competed with the high school kids and out of 600 people, I finished 10th.

The players have competed on the level the last 25 or 30 years are always going to be the players that compete at a high level. These guys practice hard, they work on their game, they still hit the ball extremely well.

I am thinking about chess in schools in particular. In the USA more than 3200 children competed in an event.

I used to have this lucky rock and I used to always have to rub it three times before I competed.

I have competed before empty stadiums a lot in my career.

Every level that I have ever competed on, I have risen to the top.

I'd been ready too, because before Olympic Games, I wasn't compete in big competition like, World Championship, like European Championship. I just competed in national competition.

I love short track. I competed in short track, I was a world champion in 1986 but at that point in time it wasn't in the Olympic Games so I moved into long track. Short track is a blast to skate and it's a blast to watch.

Compared to how I have raced before and how I have competed, the success that I have had, this does look like doom compared to it.