--- title: "8 Competing Level Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 8 Competing Level quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Competing Level sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca2/gabrielle-union-7459_competing_i-m-competing-with-everyone-but-it-s-oka_150527.png" --- > [I'm competing with everyone, but it's okay because they're not aware. I can't shut that impulse off. And I'm glad, because that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabrielle-union/i-m-competing-with-everyone-but-it-s-okay-because-they-re-not-aware-i/) [Gabrielle Union](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabrielle-union/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca2/gabrielle-union-7459_competing_i-m-competing-with-everyone-but-it-s-oka_150527.png) > [If we're playing and competing at the level we want to and we know we can, then nothing else is really going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brooke-sweat/if-we-re-playing-and-competing-at-the-level-we-want-to-and-we-know-we/) [Brooke Sweat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brooke-sweat/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1dd/brooke-sweat-30619_competing_if-we-re-playing-and-competing-at-the-le_466594.jpg) > [I've never felt overmatched on the baseball field. I've always been a very strong, dominant position. And I felt that if I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-rodriguez/i-ve-never-felt-overmatched-on-the-baseball-field-i-ve-always-been-a/) [Alex Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-rodriguez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/086/alex-rodriguez-9496_baseball_i-ve-never-felt-overmatched-on-the-baseb_927346.jpg) > [Just competing with top-level guys day in and day out and going through the grind with those guys brings you to another…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/darren-elkins/just-competing-with-top-level-guys-day-in-and-day-out-and-going/) [Darren Elkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/darren-elkins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/947/darren-elkins-9563_another_just-competing-with-top-level-guys-day-i_1542615.jpg) > [I've been competing at a top level and everything in wrestling since I was young.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/darren-elkins/i-ve-been-competing-at-a-top-level-and-everything-in-wrestling-since/) [Darren Elkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/darren-elkins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93f/darren-elkins-9563_everything_i-ve-been-competing-at-a-top-level-and-e_1747447.jpg) > [Training and competing at the top level are the all-consuming parts of an athlete's life: a conveyor belt with the continuous goal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tanni-grey-thompson/training-and-competing-at-the-top-level-are-the-all-consuming-parts/) [Tanni Grey-Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tanni-grey-thompson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/392/tanni-grey-thompson-5713_best_training-and-competing-at-the-top-level_1763123.jpg) > [Steve Davis has found a way of competing to a level that is not as high as it once was, enjoying his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hendry/steve-davis-has-found-a-way-of-competing-to-a-level-that-is-not-as/) [Stephen Hendry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-hendry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81a/stephen-hendry-5581_angry_steve-davis-has-found-a-way-of-competing_2135257.jpg) > [I'm used to playing for a high level team that expects to win, to be competing at this level.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andreas-pereira/i-m-used-to-playing-for-a-high-level-team-that-expects-to-win-to-be/) [Andreas Pereira](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andreas-pereira/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/973/andreas-pereira-5815_football_i-m-used-to-playing-for-a-high-level-tea_2882962.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/competing-level/#itemlist", "name": "Competing Level Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm competing with everyone, but it's okay because they're not aware. I can't shut that impulse off. And I'm glad, because that impulse keeps me on the treadmill. If I didn't have it, I would be like, \"Great! Ten minutes! I'm good.\" But if I'm competing, I can see what level someone's on and I can top it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gabrielle Union" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabrielle-union/i-m-competing-with-everyone-but-it-s-okay-because-they-re-not-aware-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca2/gabrielle-union-7459_competing_i-m-competing-with-everyone-but-it-s-oka_150527.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca2/gabrielle-union-7459_competing_i-m-competing-with-everyone-but-it-s-oka_150527.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca2/gabrielle-union-7459_competing_i-m-competing-with-everyone-but-it-s-oka_150527.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'm competing with everyone, but it's okay because they're not aware. I can't shut that impulse off. 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I've always been a very strong, dominant position. And I felt that if I did my work as I've done since I was, you know, a rookie back in Seattle, I didn't have a problem competing at any level. So, no.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alex Rodriguez" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-rodriguez/i-ve-never-felt-overmatched-on-the-baseball-field-i-ve-always-been-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/086/alex-rodriguez-9496_baseball_i-ve-never-felt-overmatched-on-the-baseb_927346.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/086/alex-rodriguez-9496_baseball_i-ve-never-felt-overmatched-on-the-baseb_927346.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/086/alex-rodriguez-9496_baseball_i-ve-never-felt-overmatched-on-the-baseb_927346.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I've never felt overmatched on the baseball field. I've always been a very strong, dominant position. 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