Competitive Person Quotes

• Competition is great. And as long as it's friendly and not a malicious thing, then I think it's cool.

  Janet Jackson

  Thinking, Long, Competition

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• The first day I was told that I had osteoarthritis, I thought it was the worst thing that could possibly happen to me; I was done. I couldn't do anything. I couldn't run so my life was over. But because I'm a competitive person, I wasn't going to let anything slow me down and I turned it around and made it a positive.

  Kristin Armstrong

  Running, Done, Down And

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• I'm not a competitive person.

  Chris Elliott

  Persons

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• I'm a competitive person and it is in my nature to try hard in every match I play. The only time I'm not competitive is when I'm playing against my mom.

  Michael Chang

  Mom, Play, Competition

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• I'm a very competitive person. I always have been. And it's hard to be competitive about something as amorphous as acting. But you can be competitive on the track, because the rules are very simple and the declaration of the winner is very concise.

  Paul Newman

  Simple, Track, Acting

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• I'm a competitive person, but I have never understood people's competitiveness at the expense of their colleagues.

  Geraldine Ferraro

  Helping Others, People, Colleagues

  Geraldine Ferraro, Linda Bird Francke (1985). “Ferraro: My Story”, p.5, Northwestern University Press

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• I am a competitive person with myself. I always find new goals to achieve, new challenges to breakthrough, and I try and do something new every day. And I'm highly competitive with myself.

  Hilary Swank

  Goal, Challenges, Trying

  Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com

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• I don't feel rivalry. I'm the least competitive person you'll meet ever, to a fault.

  Rob Corddry

  Faults, Rivalry, Feels

  "Rob Corddry Talks ESCAPE FROM PLANET EARTH, Voicing His First Animated Feature, Earning an Eagle Scout Badge, WARM BODIES and PAIN & GAIN". collider.com. February 13, 2013.

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• I feel like I'm the most competitive driver in the motorhome lot. No matter what it is - whether we're racing, playing another sport or deciding who can run to that sign and back faster - I feel like I'm the most competitive person alive.

  Denny Hamlin

  Sports, Running, Racing

  Source: www.sbnation.com

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• I'm a very competitive person, whether it's school, baseball or even playing video games.

  David Price

  Baseball, School, Games

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• I'm a competitive person.

  Bob Ehrlich

  Persons

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• I'm more a competitive person.

  Felix Baumgartner

  Persons

  "Austrian Pilot Hopes To Break Freefall Record". Interview with Audie Cornish, www.npr.org. May 23, 2012.

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• I'm a competitive person and I love the challenge of mastering new things.

  Sasha Cohen

  Sports, Challenges, Persons

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• I'm quite a competitive person, so I do quite like to win.

  Hugh Jackman

  Winning, Persons

  FaceBook post by Hugh Jackman from Aug 28, 2013

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• If you're a competitive person, that stays with you. You don't stop. You always look over your shoulder.

  Magic Johnson

  Inspiring, Basketball, Winning

  "Making Magic". Interview with Janean Chun, www.entrepreneur.com. July 1, 1998.

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• I don't like conflicts. I'm not a competitive person at heart. To be in the middle of turmoil is boring.

  Christian Louboutin

  Heart, Conflict, Boring

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• I have very high expectations of myself. I'm a very competitive person but competitive with myself. I want to be the best that I can be and if that means that I'm eventually better than everyone else then so be it.

  Wentworth Miller

  Mean, Expectations, Want

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• I was very athletic when I was younger and I am a very competitive person, so I never give up.

  Izabella Scorupco

  Giving Up, Athletic, I Never Give Up

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• I think my career would probably be in a better place had I been more aggressive. But I don't have it in me. I'm not a competitive person, and I'm also really private.

  Debi Mazar

  Thinking, Careers, Aggressive

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• I think we need to care about the metrics of success in life, and I'm a pretty competitive person.

  Chelsea Clinton

  Thinking, Needs, Care

  "Think You Know Chelsea Clinton? Think Again" by Genevieve Roth, www.glamour.com. October 3, 2013.

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• I'm not a competitive person, and I think women like me because they don't think I'm competitive, just nice.

  Barbara Bush

  Nice, Thinking, Justice

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