Maybe it’s oldest-child syndrome, but I have always been competitive, even as a kid with sports. It spills into my career.
My goal was to build a meaningful sports business that operates at the highest levels in the areas of business that we compete in. I have an intense desire to be successful, and I’m extremely competitive.
You still slightly down that you’re ever going to work again, every time you finish something. That’s the territory of being an actor. It’s like anything that’s competitive. It takes a lot of determination. I just feel lucky to be able to do something that I really love.
Anyone can see that, say, superheroes and vampires perform well at the box office. That in turn can trigger competitive bidding situations and soaring fees for people who can bring these properties to the screen. The result can be a dramatic increase in the costs of production.
Health care costs blunt the competitive edge of American entrepreneurs, from the auto industry to internet start-ups.
I think we can be competitive on and off the field and create a model where our athletes are scholars and learners, too.
The truth is many of us have been socialized to think that if we are not the very best, if we are not at the top 1 percent of whatever it is we do, then we are not good enough. To reinforce this already pervasive mental model, society has established a competitive hierarchy for just about everything.
Our family is very, very competitive. But it’s a fun and inspiring sort of competitive. It makes you proud of what you do and makes you want to work hard and do all your homework so you can win.
There is only one thing I respect in so-called Broadway actors… and that is their competitive sense.
Your competitive juice, your love of the game, it’s in you. It’s hard to get out.
Sport is a great thing to get involved with, it’s not just fitness but it also gets your competitive side out.
But because we in the United States finance our current account deficit by borrowing in our own currency, we can move to a more competitive dollar without the adverse effects that followed currency declines in other countries.
