Now that I'm doing all these big competitions, I've learned to control my nerves and control my mindset, and I think that's where the maturity comes in.
My parents bought a motorhome and would take us to skate competitions throughout California when I was only seven or eight years old.
If you can come up with a snappy little slogan, then you have a future in winning tagline competitions or being a political speech writer.
I hope to have my players in good physical condition, all players, and then to face all competitions.
What the public sees is my successes... Yes, I've won competitions and I've done unbelievable baseball, but a lot of those times, I failed more often than not.
When a top club comes calling, who you know will be firing on all fronts with competitions and medals, that's ultimately what you want to be playing for.
Playing the game is a form of winning the game. In those competitions, we win by being resilient.
I sang a lot as a little girl and entered competitions. I loved singing in choirs, but it was as I got older that I really found my voice.
Before going to the L.A. Olympics, I had participated in only two competitions in 400m hurdles. Yet I came close to a medal. So if your mind is strong, you can achieve anything.
I've always been on the outside looking in. I was never popular in school, despite my success in athletics. I would win track and field competitions, but I wouldn't go to parties. I'd be alone.
Having played in both competitions over recent years I believe that although standards continue to rise in Super League, the NRL is a better competition.
That's what really makes great skating competitions. When you have two top skaters in good form giving superb performances.
Boxing is not brutal, it's an art - God has gifted me with incredible handspeed as a tool to be used - what else am I supposed to do but fight? There ain't no hand-racing competitions.
I'm always trying to figure out ways to one up everyone, and that's what I love about competitions. I love challenging myself and pushing the envelope.
When it comes to cup competitions and the Champions League, it's always about going as far as we can. Getting out of the group stage is the first objective, then after that, we will see.
I started taking part in college competitions... my first-ever performance with a band was in McDonald's, and I got Rs 500. I still have the note.
I listen to music before my competitions to get me pumped up. It helps me stay focused.
The best players want to play for the best clubs in Europe and appear in top competitions like the Champions League.
I've been to Tokyo-slash-Japan - we actually went to Yokohama in 2015 and 2013 for international competitions. I think that it would be really nice to go back and do a little Olympic thing there.
Competitions make me nervous. When I go out on the ice, I just think about my skating and not, 'I have to do this to win.' I forget it is a competition.
You can evaluate your competitiveness and your potential in international competitions like the World Cup.
I saw United matches on TV as a kid in Sao Paulo. I loved watching Ruud van Nistelrooy. He was a hero for me because of the way he scored goals in all competitions.
the time for prizes and competitions at art festivals is over. Competition is too closely tied to values that are alien to the arts.
I think you'll find a significant number of people who decide not to enter competitions because their music just won't fit in that world.
I know what it means to the supporters of Newcastle to try and win something and realistically, the cup competitions are our best route.
I'm four minutes older. Of all the competitions in our life, I won the first one. Though Drew is a quarter inch taller.
I think when the competitions come, I am always ready to go. I don't think I ever have not been.
When I was in the sixth form I presented a cable and satellite programme about music, television and video. I used to do public speaking competitions.
I'd love to go on 'Strictly' but I just don't think they'd let me on. I'm basically a ringer, as I've danced against some of the professionals in competitions when I was younger.
When I was a teenager, my dad used to put a lot of pressure on me to be successful, and I'd really beat myself up about things like losing martial arts competitions.
I've dominated past competitions, but I've sweated blood and tears for every medal. I take nothing for granted, and I'm fully focused on doing my best.
I was always involved in low level motor clubs, competitions and with the Vintage Auto Association, and I believe this really helped me on my way.
Designs are increasingly winning competitions because they are literally green, and because somewhere they feature a small windmill.
Some might say friendlies are unimportant, but we always try to win because we then maintain that positive mentality when the real competitions start.
For every athlete, it is very important to be able to engage in their favorite thing, give all the best in training, performing in competitions, defending the honor of the motherland.
We have qualified for the 2010 World Cup qualification final round with young players and we will be able to advance in the competitions with the same players.
I often kind of forget about my running. It's not until I'm really at these competitions and at these meets that I really remember what I do.
I'm a trained fine artist. I went to art school from the time I was 5 years old. I was, like, a prodigy out of Chicago. I'd been in national competitions from the age of 14.
I did 'Oh Holy Night,' which is one that I grew up listening to because I was in choir in high school and we would do Christmas concerts and competitions every year.
My view is, for example with Ballroom and Latin, they do same sex competitions for under 12s and there are usually more girls than boys who want to dance and so there would be all-girl partnerships.
I know sometimes in the off-season I have to motivate myself to get on the ice because I know there's so long until the competitions begin again.
The Scottish league was good for me to get fully fit, but my goal was always to play in England or Spain because I consider those two competitions to be the best in the world.
I grew up dancing. When I was three years old, my mom would always watch Latin ballroom dancing competitions on PBS.
I got into music via the competitions; the first time I ever performed was in a kind of rap battle, competing for money.
I had been dancing in competitions in South Africa since the age of four, before going on to compete internationally.
When I was a kid. I had traveled the world by the time I was 13 years old because of all the competitions I did for inline skating.
I was very good in math and physics. In the Soviet time, we had a lot of Olympic-style competitions for different disciplines: I was always winning in my region.
VK is famous for its competitions among third-party developers who build alternative versions of VK on its open API.
I really love 'Hairspray.' I love the idea of this teenage dance show where you have to go through all these competitions to get to the next level.
Yes, I am the Olympic champion, but this is not the end of it. I want all the gold that there is out there, everything that exists in figure skating. In all events, in all competitions.
There were no competitions on television. The first skating competition I ever remember seeing on television was the 1968 Olympics when Peggy Fleming won.
No event in strongman competitions lasts longer than 40 seconds, so by swimming in fast bursts, my body is conditioned for the level of speed and power it needs.
We always enter competitions to win but things don't always happen the way we want.
Outside boxing, I did well in cross country competitions and I won a schoolboys' doubles badminton tournament at once. I was pleased because it was a hobby to me.
My kids stand out at competitions. They're products of me. And you can't come to Beyond Belief and have a flamboyant teacher like me and be basic.
When I go to competitions, I don't have so much confidence that I don't worry or get nervous about the other skaters doing well.
I went to national piano competitions and did that whole circuit. Then I played professionally to support myself when I moved out to LA.
The players who have been with the national team for a long time are used to international competitions, used to playing against the best in the world.
Rejuvenation of younger players should be the job of the Indonesian Badminton Association. But local competitions will help identify new talent.
Winning the competition for Frankfurt's Museum of Applied Art in '79 opened the door to a number of projects in Europe, especially as we were invited to join many design competitions.
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