Contender Quotes

I'm gonna be a happy idiot and struggle for the legal tender. Where the ads take aim and lay their claim to the heart and the soul of the spender. And believe in whatever may lie in those things that money can buy, though true love could have been a contender. (Jackson Browne)
War is always a struggle in which each contender tries to annihilate the other. Besides using force, they will have recourse to all possible tricks and stratagems in order to achieve the goal. View quote
Che Guevara
The pleasure isn't in owning the person. The pleasure is this. Having another contender in the room with you. View quote
Philip Roth
You don't understand. I could have had class. I could have been a contender. View quote
Budd Schulberg
There's good news and bad news about 2 Fast 2 Furious, the moronic follow-up to The Fast and the Furious and a contender for the worst movie of 2003. The good news is that it's better, albeit marginally, than Freddy Got Fingered. The bad news is that it's 15 minutes longer. View quote
James Berardinelli
It's a great feeling to be recognized by your peers. It's an even better feeling to be welcomed and accepted by country radio and its listeners. If desire is any part of this equation, then I'm a contender! View quote
Chely Wright
That's what we're striving for, making us a contender in every race. View quote
Dale Earnhardt
What had brought me to New York in the autumn of 1972 was a letter of recommendation written by Norman Mailer, the author of 'The Naked and the Dead' and American literature's leading heavyweight contender, to Dan Wolf, the delphic editor of 'The Village Voice.' View quote
James Wolcott
From nobody to upstart. From upstart to contender. From contender to winner. From winner to champion. From champion to Dynasty. View quote
Pat Riley
We need just two players to be a contender. Babe Ruth and Sandy Koufax. View quote
Whitey Herzog
I really want to try soccer after I retire because I've watched football over the years and I think I could be a good contender. (Usain Bolt)
Michael Cole: [reading e-mail from RAW's anonymous GM] And I quote: "Mr. Punk, I understand your demands and I will certainly take them under consideration. However, right now, I'll ask you to leave the ring." Punk: Okay...Cole, you know I love ya, I know you're just doing your job, but he's asking me to leave the ring? He/she is asking me to leave the ring? Okay, I'm not... [The GM chime rings again] Cole: And I quote: "I suggest you leave the ring right now." Punk: Until you announce me as the #1 contender for the WWE Championship, I suggest you watch me make snow angels. View quote
Phil Brooks
His "Hallelujah" is contender for greatest recording ever. View quote
Jeff Buckley