Sentence examples for tenacious competitor from inspiring English sources

Patrick still seems to be somewhat uncomfortable with the expectations that come with being such a tenacious competitor.

Jim Carrington was a devoted husband, father and friend, as well as a learned counselor and a tenacious competitor.

Retired Investment Manager and Life Master Bridge Player, she was a tenacious competitor in all aspects of her life.

A strong and tenacious competitor, Budge was famous for his backhand, which he used as an offensive rather than a defensive stroke.

Tried explaining that Na is an extremely tenacious competitor and that we'd probably be alright, but alas here I am in the cold.

Unlike 3-wheelers built with a single wheel in front -- a design that exhibits a worrisome inclination to roll over when pushed hard in corners -- Morgan's "two up front" formula made the original version a stable machine and a tenacious competitor in racing.

Because he does not stomp and scream every time his players make a gaffe and because he does not forget, Jarvis's teams have earned the reputation as tenacious competitors, no matter how inferior the opponent.

The world No 4 Ferrer, ranked one place above Nadal following the Majorcan's seven-month lay-off with a knee injury, showed why he is considered one of the most tenacious competitors on the circuit, and why he is known as "The Wall", to take the first set of the last-eight match at the clay Masters event.

While Burt Rutan, the aviation pioneer behind Scaled Composites, is the face of private spaceflight, we are quickly reminded that for every winner of a race there are a greater number of tenacious competitors.

Compared with its tenacious Internet competitors like Google and Yahoo, Microsoft is generally still viewed as being more of the shrink-wrapped software generation than the Web 2.0 world.

"He was an incredible athlete, a great competitor, a tenacious defender and a terrific offensive player".