Sentence examples for appetite for competition from inspiring English sources

"One does get an appetite for competition," he told The Times.

Perhaps the Keizai Doyukai's rise indicates a growing appetite for competition, rather than consensus, in Japanese business.

Rajaratnam, a Tamil from Colombo, Sri Lanka, was fleshy and dark-skinned, with a charming gap-toothed smile and a sports fan's appetite for competition and conquest.

An appetite for competition is healthy, but achievers obsessively compare themselves with others, which can lead to a chronic sense of insufficiency, false calibrations, and ultimately career missteps.

But Coe, who won two Olympic gold medals and broke 12 world records during his running career, has lost none of his appetite for competition.

His first partnership with Holmes broke up amid some acrimony, but in the Oxford-educated Matthew Pinsent, eight years Redgrave's junior, he found someone who shared his appetite for competition.

In England the appetite for European competition had been whetted by a series of friendlies between leading Football League sides and outstanding opposition from the continent.

And yet, here he was again with a racing number on his back: intent on satisfying his renewed appetite for elite competition and his desire to further advance the cause against cancer, the disease that nearly killed him in his 20s and that drove him to start his own foundation and anticancer movement.

Despite the losses, ticket sales were strong, suggesting here is "an appetite" for the competition and to see the best the world of rugby league can offer.

Sheridan volleyed Jeroen Tesselaar's cross past Forster for a late consolation but the overall impression is of a Celtic side with renewed appetite for domestic competition now they have emerged from Champions League Group G.

Unfortunately the combination of a World Cup, which clubs say has reduced recovery time for the games' big stars, and concerns over the travel impact for NRL teams so close to the start of their season have quelled the appetite for the competition.