My school friends thought I was outgoing and bubbly, but that masked a lot of insecurities, and maybe that’s the reason I chose drama – to build a bit of self-confidence. I had a great teacher, and I won a few speech and drama competitions and just fell in love with it.
Minted.com is both a global design community and stationery retailer. Independent graphic designers from all over the world submit designs to our ongoing design competitions, and Minted’s community votes to tell us what to sell.
Some might say friendlies are unimportant, but we always try to win because we then maintain that positive mentality when the real competitions start.
In high school I dabbed in drag. I used to compete in singing competitions, like at the Christian college by my house.
I hope to have my players in good physical condition, all players, and then to face all competitions.
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.
We can make his work reach youngsters by organising literary events and competitions in schools and colleges. We can also use mainstream media to spread Kaloji’s work among the public. Also it’s important to honour litterateurs when they are alive; sadly Kaloji never got his due in his lifetime.
For me soccer provides so many emotions, a different feeling every day. I’ve had the good fortune to take part in major competitions like the Olympics, and winning the World Cup was also unforgettable. We lost in the Olympics and won in the World Cup, and I’ll never forget either feeling.
I’ve always written. When I was in school, the only teacher who ever liked me was my creative writing teacher. I used to enter poetry competitions, and I don’t think I ever lost one. So I had the idea for a while of being some kind of poet.
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.
I always hear commentators talking about squads that have been around and that have won things; they always mention the experience of winning and knowing what it takes to win. They have only got that through winning trophies and winning competitions.
When you play for Arsenal you have to try to win all competitions.
I compete against myself in competitions anyway, so I train against myself in practice.
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.
It’s normal when you play in four competitions there are so many games, and because of this there is more risk of injury or tiredness.
The name Minted speaks to the freshness of our design – the fact that we are receiving thousands of new designs each week and selling freshly minted winners from our design competitions.
While at a biological disadvantage in competitions, women – who even make trips to restaurant bathrooms in pairs – are at a clear advantage when it comes to grouping together and the activities that accompany it: gossiping, sharing, bonding, assisting, scrapbooking, and building networks.
Everyone has a few little quirks in their preparation – I just tend to do the same sort of things as I did in previous competitions – but there’s nothing too weird, sticking with lucky knickers or socks! For instance, I’ll see my family the day before a fight but won’t see them on the day.
My mum at my competitions is the most embarrassing person in the world. She just screams so loud.
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 was always active on stage – taking part in dance competitions, skits, and plays.
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.
When I was training, I trained with my younger brother Brady. I would wrestle some of my friends, who I had grown up with, which showed me some moves, but it was never a full on match. When I went to competitions, there were other girls, so I always wrestled girls.
Winning the Olympics was an amazing feeling, but afterwards, it was a bit like, ‘What do I do now?’ So I lost a bit of motivation going back into training and competitions; I had so much pressure on me. I kept thinking, ‘I’m the Olympic champion. I can’t lose’ – being only 19 and having to deal with all that pressure.
I always come into these competitions hoping to come away with a gold medal. I won’t relax until I have the gold medal around my neck.
Most other competitions are individual achievements, but the Olympic Games is something that belongs to everybody.
I was in the choreography committee of my college, and we used to have an annual production and participate in inter-school competitions.
I don’t believe that competitions are important.
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.
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.
I was lucky enough to win the Intercontinental Cup twice and I know first-hand how important international competitions like the FIFA Club World Cup are to both players and fans.
My dad was in the military, yeah. He was in the Air Force, and he was a doctor, so he would go places for six months here, and two years there. And I was home-schooled because I played the violin, and I did a lot of competitions.
When I was 12, I was doing competitive jazz, tap and ballet in Michigan. The studio put the best dancers together, and I joined that. We always did really, really well in local competitions.
The best players want to play for the best clubs in Europe and appear in top competitions like the Champions League.
Competitions are a business, first and foremost.
We need a solution for European football. You need to help smaller clubs in European competitions get the right distribution of money so they can invest in coaches and attract talent for the level they can play at.
I got into pool tournaments when I was five, playing every weekend in competitions. Then one day I started playing snooker. I learnt by practising on my own, repeating the same shots again and again, and watching other players and copying what they did.
I would see b-boys breakdancing in the hallway, I thought it was cool. I started practicing in my living room, then started battling, and then I joined a crew, and we started getting into competitions. In fact, we still battle – for fun now.
When I was young, many people didn’t know what figure skating was. Some who knew of it thought of it as dancing on ice. But, as I entered international competitions and got good results, many people got to know more about it and came to cheer for me.
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.
Professional gaming competitions are creating celebrities who are recognized and revered as athletes were in prior generations. Spectator gaming is becoming as popular as mainstream sports.
There were no competitions on television. The first skating competition I ever remember seeing on television was the 1968 Olympics when Peggy Fleming won.
If other people have problems with my competitions, then there’s nothing I can do.
I loved gymnastics, and my gymnastics teacher said ballet was essential to help my dance routines in competitions. I only really went because my friends were going as well. It wasn’t this kind of hidden love. Then, slowly, my friends stopped going and I thought, ‘I like this. I am going to stay.’
It was natural for me to go to local tournaments with my mother and watch my brothers compete and sometimes be left with my mom at home while my dad would take my brothers away to different tournaments and competitions. So I started doing everything they did.
Athletes will get result with training and proper exposure. Money should be spent on them for exposure. We should send them for competitions in Europe.
T20 runs should only be a criteria to get selected for a T20 side. The moment you start picking players in the one-day format by their T20 performance, then you are giving your domestic 50-over competitions absolutely no relevance.
The government’s approach in extending support to athletes for international competitions has undergone a transformational change.
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.
Good athletes will be there at good competitions, but I don’t think about them; I just think of bettering my own time.
Since I tend to be pretty competitive and find that others on my team enjoy contests and team competitions, I thought a good way to improve feedback would be to create a way to reward the comments and ideas that actually change our company for the better.
I always had the impression England never came to competitions with freedom of mind. They are so afraid of mistakes.
