Competitive Regret Quotes

The Olympics is not a race I want to watch on television and think 'I wonder what I could have done if I was there?

One of my major competitors was Harold Smith. Smith beat me in 1977. I was loafing during that competition.

My biggest loss was the Olympics. I just can't forget losing. I never will.

Ronnie is the greatest player to have ever picked up a snooker cue. People have said that about me. But although I won 50 or so tournaments I never picked up the world championship. That was a little bit of a disappointment.

I didn't make the Olympics, but I beat a lot of the guys that went to the Olympics, so I felt I was at that level even though I didn't make it.

I'm never happy about anything, playing-wise. I always think there's things I messed up on, things I should've done differently that could've, A, made us win, or B, made the win easier.

One time, I put up 40, 50 points dunking on Shawn Bradley. After the game, he brought his family over. He was like, 'This is my wife. She wants to take a picture.' I'm like, 'Nice to meet you.' I smile into the camera, take the picture, and then feel guilty about dunking on him so many times.

Man, I never got to fight a ranked opponent at 155, and that wasn't because I wasn't winning.

It's extremely hard for athletes to accept what's happened to them sometimes. It's hard to be beaten by a small margin, and I've spoken with athletes who, for years afterward, have been tormented by the knowledge that, had they done something ever so slightly different, they could have been one-ten-thousandth of a second quicker.

I wish I could compete again, but my good feeling is, these competitions are better as exhibitions.

It's always a pity to lose or draw at the end of the game; it's always painful.