Lin Dan Quotes

You are all mates off the pitch, but on it, you are all competing for places. I think that only makes a healthier squad - more players fighting for positions can only mean everyone has got to step their game up.

All sport... is one of the few activities where young people can proceed along traditional avenues, where objectives are clear, where the desire to win is not only permissible, but encouraged.

I think competing gets overlooked sometimes. The competitiveness that you bring to a game and an at-bat, it can go a long way. It really can.

You go into each game looking to win. We're not looking at wins or losses because it proves something as a team. We go into every game trying to get better. As long as you compete, we're gonna play our hearts out; we're improving every day.

I do not think that winning is the most important thing. I think winning is the only thing.

I enjoy watching competitive people. You watch 'em come and you watch 'em go, and how they try to be the best. How they handle when they're not. How they handle when they are. How they get along together on the court.

Winning isn't everything, but playing and competing and striving and going through things can be a lot of fun and really important. As long as you're doing it in a way that's healthy, sports can be an incredible opportunity.

I will do whatever it takes to win a football match.

I want my team to win and to be the best player I can possibly be.

A college athlete is going to be competitive. You don't get to that level if you're not.

I've always been one of those folks who think competition is actually a good thing. And if we're going to preach it as a party, we need to practice it.

Every year, I strive to be the best defensive player in the league.

It is healthy to have competition and intense competition, and then, when you walk away from it, you are still teammates, and you play the same position and that we can still put the team first.

I have to step up and do well in every match I get to play.

It's always important to win. Every player wants to win trophies.

It's a very competitive world out there. The competitive spirit is fine within limits. But it shouldn't drown the sheer joy of the game being played. It's natural to want to win. But to me, it's not natural to want others to fail.

Sport has taught me never to be jealous of someone or insecure if somebody is doing well. It's taught me teamwork and the value of patience. Even If I lose, I know that I've actually not lost.

When I'm aggressive, all the other guys are aggressive, and somehow that's how we win games.

Obviously, it is good to have competitiveness in the team and that urge to want to beat the driver next to you, but at the same time, I think we are gonna respect each other.

We all started playing football against our best friends, and I can't remember a moment where, because it was my best friend, I did not want to win against him.

I'm always motivated when I go out on the pitch.

I just try to make sure that when I get there on the floor, I play as hard as I can and try to do everything I can to help the team win.

Competition is healthy ... but there is more to life than winning or we should nearly all be losers

Kids should be encouraged to compete.

Men's competitive team sports focus on the balance between individual achievement and team achievement with the emphasis on team achievement.