It's best to keep a strategic fight and try to win because the level of the sport is so high.
Acting is a tough business, and the percentage of people who make it is very low - it's about 1 percent.
This is a highly competitive sport, and we are all very passionate when we are on the track.
When you're playing against a whole bunch of All-Stars, it's like a video game. There's so much talent on the floor at once.
This level of competition is extremely high. Everybody is trained. Everybody has a game plan. Everybody has a nutritionist. Everybody has everything. It's here that you realize, as people, we're all equal.
People think coming in under the radar is like being a fighter pilot and actually coming in under the radar. It's a completely ridiculous idea to come in under the radar. It's the Olympics; everyone is on the radar here.
I mean, it's very difficult up there in the NBA.
Nowadays young people have great choice of occupations, hobbies, etc, so chess is experiencing difficulties because of the high competition. Now it's hard to make living in chess, so our profession does attract young people.
Admission to the National Academy is highly competitive and selective.
The competition is tough at the international level. There are very good players.
To say that the grocery business is cutthroat would be a major understatement.
The amount of competition is just literally insane.
Someone once described Ken Lewis to me as the most competitive person in the history of the United States, including the Union Army.
Trust me, I've seen a lot of fighters come in hot and they disappear faster than they came in after a loss or two. This is the UFC and the best fighters in the world are here. If you fight the great fighters you're bound to lose.
