Our sport probably has the best history and tradition of…

I always said, as soon as I stopped loving this sport is when I probably will retire.

— Jessica Long

Baseball is already the world's most tranquil sport. It is probably the only active sport where you are not seriously required to be alive…

— Nikki Giovanni

I've always been a big thinker that the more international competition that we create through sports the better relationships we'll have with countries.

— Arnold Palmer

For my first pretty big international competition and the Olympics, I think I did pretty well. Medals aren't everything. It's all about you going…

— Kimmie Meissner

The U.K. has to keep investing in new technology, skills, and infrastructure to keep pace with international competition.

— Ridley Scott

I've been in international competition, and now I know what the big boys can do. You don't go out and just run. There's an…

— Steve Prefontaine

To represent the United States in international competition is special recognition that not many players receive and I am really looking forward to helping…

— Jermaine O'Neal

The Olympics are a wonderful metaphor for world cooperation, the kind of international competition that's wholesome and healthy, an interplay between countries that represents…

— John Williams

Kenya is risking sanctions from international competition because international organisations think we are not addressing the problem in line with world best practice.

— Kipchoge Keino

“The notion that international competition – the battle between one arbitrary, bordered landmass and another – is not political, is a fatuous notion. But…

— Daniel Harris

Having played an international competition is definitely a plus.

— Raphael Varane

In international competition, the earlier you can make inroads into your opponent's psyche the better.

— Colin Jackson

It's - I mean, the Olympics, what is it? It's an international competition to foster friendship and - and competition across - across the…

— Sunita Williams

While I was there I became deeply interested in photography, and indeed the most noteworthy event in my early life was winning first, third,…

— Douglass North

Thou shalt not covet; but tradition approves all forms of competition.

— Arthur Hugh Clough