Having confined himself to these labors for so long a time, it would have been indeed grateful to the inventor if none of them
Competition
Moir and Virtue said they gave it all they could and were happy with their performance. ‘You don’t have to defeat your opponent,’ he
Alex Stubb, Minister for European affairs and foreign trade, Finland
I find a whole lot of alpha males around me who are trying to beat one person, who happens to have the same name
Christophe Navarre, On business as war
Bernard is a warrior and so am I. We share a life philosophy. When I say warrior, it’s because we are businessman, and business
Bird vs. Magic
White vs black, LA vs Indiana, loud vs quiet, etc. competed against each other both in college and the pros.
Lance Armstrong, In his sixth Tour de France.
I’m enjoying the competition more than ever, not to make history, not to make money, not for these things, but just for the thrill
Surfer Laird Hamilton
Laird absorbed a hypermale honor culture that defined masculinity in one way: fighting your way through the violent pecking order to ride the biggest
Natalie Coughlin, Swimmer
What Coughlin understands is that trying to swim the perfect race is more important than trying to outdo the competition. ‘In general, I’m pretty
Lance Armstrong
When Jan Ullrich crashed during a Tour de France, Armstrong slowed down to allow him to remount. Armstrong later said that he rode better