Competition is a sin.
There's a hustling, but also a self-centred vibe you can get from people in Delhi.
New York is traditional New York, you know what I'm saying? It's the stomping ground of the hustlers and go-getters.
Andy Stasiuk was a newsman of the old school of front-page journalism - tough, knowledgeable, cynical, single-minded and fun. He covered the news as a happy warrior in an era of cutthroat editorial competition.
In 'Bigg Boss,' back-biting is inevitable. It's a part of the game, and there's nothing wrong about it.
To be successful in business, you have to be ruthless.
Football is not a sport populated by honest people. You can't tell the truth or be up front with people. It's a business, and no one is friends.
The rock biz is the low end of the creative world. Faces come and go so fast.
Competition is warfare. Mostly it is played by prescribed rules--there is a sort of Geneva Convention for competition--but it's thorough and often brutal.
There is no such thing as 'social gambling.' Either you are there to cut the other bloke's heart out and eat it -- or you're a sucker. If you don't like this choice -- don't gamble.
It's a winner-take-all world.
The world is so competitive, aggressive, consumive, selfish and during the time we spend here we must be all but that.
Today the world is a big jungle.
Unrestrained competition can drive people into actions that they would otherwise regret.
There is no middle ground in Hollywood; you're a failure or you're a success. That mentality is wild.
The margin for error in the Champions League is tiny.
It's like kill or be killed, that's my thing basically.
Hollywood is a very hard place to be in. It really is.
I don't like Los Angeles. The people are awful and terribly shallow, and everybody wants to be famous but nobody wants to play the game. I'm from New York. I will kill to get what I need.
Bollywood is a tough place to be in and survival isn't easy.
Manila is like a small New York. Nothing works, and everybody's out to get the better of you.
In Washington, it's dog eat dog. In academia, it's exactly the opposite.
I have always disliked the fierce competitive spirit embodied in that highly intellectual game.
When I first got to L.A., I was shocked at how business was done, and how people... it's like everything I was told not to fall for, I was surrounded by. And it was very difficult for me, because I just didn't like the industry at all.
I was one of those guys that really had to fight to make it in this league. Early on, I really had to do whatever it took, whether it be fight, rough people up, to make the team. I looked at it as it's either me or them - and it was going to be me.
