Competitive Event Quotes

I mean, I've done college basketball, a horse race, a bunch of different things and they'd blow by but golf has a frenetic pace of bouncing around from shot to shot and green to green and, in essence, acre to acre over this huge plot of land with over 150 players who are their own team.

The Olympics are only once every four years, so you have to take advantage of all your opportunities, both to be an inspiration to people and help support your sponsors who help you.

Never did I ever think I would be competing on a snowboard out here in X Games.

Well, I think any national championship is an extremely important championship to play in.

My last real race was at the Olympics in Sydney in 2000.

I like any title with the letters U.S. in front of it. To me, the U.S. Open is the most important tournament in the world.

I'm not fast. But there are a lot of guys that are a hell of a lot slower than I am. Somebody wants to do a pay-per-view race between me and [Tom] Brady, sign me up.

I think professional sports, football, to use it as an example, it's fundamentally a form of entertainment.

The Olympics is the biggest competition for all athletes and an unforgettable event.

Four years ago, I felt the importance of the Olympics and how it is different from other events. It's a completely different atmosphere. The main advice I can give my teammates is to try to enjoy the experience.

I know what a Champions League final is like.

Running isn't a sport because anyone can do it. Anything we can all do can't be a sport. I can run, you can run. My mother can run, you don't see her on the cover of Sports Illustrated do you?

I'd love to see a global competition other than the World Cup.

While the Super Bowl still smashes records for butts in the seats, eSports often run longer and never blinks. There's no commercial break. There's no halftime show. From start to finish, someone is going to walk home a champion, and you don't want to miss a second of it.

Roddy how many times have you won a World Championship?

You can't be a PPV star if you don't put on an exciting performance.

A friend told me about a Nike competition, where they give you one minute to do tricks with a basketball. I wasn't going to go, but they were giving away free sneakers. I ended up coming in second place.

Obviously my strong suit is the 100 so that is what my main focus is on.

'Wipeout' is a giant obstacle course for adults of all shapes, sizes, and ages. Whoever wins takes home $50,000 and gets to brag to all of their coworkers that they made it out alive!

There are loads of things you can sit and assess but it does come down to one match at a time. This game does speak for itself.

I think he had a wake-up call. It's a different kind of race, and I think maybe he didn't take it quite as seriously as he might have, but you can bet he learned a lot of lessons.

Obviously, I want to do well in the Champions Trophy, which is like a mini World Cup with all top teams participating.

I think for me, the most fun competition that I've had was my first Worlds.

Big game, under the lights - these are the games you live for.

Looks like a pretty serious race unfolding.