Constant Competition Quotes

Society is a long series of uprising ridges, which from the first to the last offer no valley of repose. Whenever you take your stand, you are looked down upon by those above you, and reviled and pelted by those below you. Every creature you see is a farthing Sisyphus, pushing his little stone up some Liliputian mole-hill. This is our world.

We do two things in life: We race the clock and everything is a struggle. One way or not, it's a metaphorical battle all of the time.

New York is hard living. It's fun living, but it's hard.

I used to be a person who just peaked for the big events, not doing too many competitions, but now you've got to go round chasing all the points because if you're not taking them, someone else is.

Once you are first in the East, one of the top teams in the league, you have a target on your back every night.

I push every day against forces that say you have to go faster, be more effective, be more productive, you have to constantly outdo yourself, you have to constantly outdo your neighbor - all of the stuff that creates an incredibly productive society, but also a very neurotic one.

As actors, we're all encouraged to feel that each job is the last job. They plant some little electrode in your head at an early stage and you think, 'Be grateful, be grateful, be grateful.'

Competition is like a treadmill. If you stand still, you get swept off. But when you run, you can never really get ahead of the treadmill and cover new terrain - so you never run faster than the speed that is set.

Other sports play once a week but this sport is with us every day.

I'm a competitive person. Business is a much more competitive sport than any real sport. It's 24x7x365. I'm a business adrenaline junky.

Once you become an Olympic champion, you are expected to win all the time.

When you play constantly for strong sides, then the pressure is always on you.

There are artists who think they have to be on top all the time. I think that would be exhausting.