"This might sound odd, but I'm glad you're here."
"Pretty neat. As much as I'd love to kill you, I'm glad she's warm."
"If we weren't natural enemies...and you weren't trying to steal my reason for existing… I might actually like you."
"Well… If you weren't planning on sucking the life out of the girl I love, I might... No... Not even then."
Scene in the tent
Rivalry is dangerous and destructive to society. What kind of rivalry is there in your body?! Imagine your brain saying: “I am the most important organ,” and your liver will object: “No, I. And I want a free enterprise system. ” Your body would rot in a month if each organ began to think only of itself.
You turn up your music to hide the noise. Other people turn up their music to hide yours. You turn up
yours again. Everyone buys a bigger stereo system. This is the arms race of sound. You don't win with a
lot of treble.
This isn't about quality. It's about volume.
This isn't about music. This is about winning.
Of course he didn't listen to me. For James, one world title was enough. He had proved what he needed to prove. To himself and anyone who doubted him. And two years later, he retired. When I saw him next in London, seven years later, me as a champion again, him as broadcaster, he was barefoot on a bicycle with a flat tire, still living each day like his last. When I heard he died age 45 of a heart attack, I wasn't surprised. I was just sad. People always think of us as rivals but he was among the very few I liked and even fewer that I respected. He remains the only person I envied.
Fishing is not about mere tonnage. It's about the competition that exists between the skill of the sportsman and the cunning of the actual fish.
I’m playing against great players, playing against the best in the world. The competition – that’s what I’ve always wanted.
Didn’t lose nothing,
Even with hands tied.
Thought I really had something, but
Push came to shove.
Senses start distorting,
I get hit too low,
This is not a warning -
Once I’m down they will come for you.
Before I give the crown,
Like you I’d rather drown.
So many things I will never say,
But you should know by now...