"I'm a competitive person and I love the challenge of mastering new things"
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That word "mastering" carries a particular athletic psychology. It hints at perfectionism without admitting fragility, a way to frame pressure as pleasure. You're not hearing "I need to win"; you're hearing "I need to get better", which is both healthier and more strategic as public messaging. It plays well in a culture that increasingly respects process over podiums, and it sidesteps the brittle ego implied by pure victory talk.
Context matters with Cohen: a figure skater known as much for artistry and reinvention as for competitive results. Her career sat at the crossroads of sport and performance, where "new things" can mean technical elements, choreography, even the mental skills required to survive judging systems and expectations. The line reads like a justification for continual evolution: if the body changes, if the rulebook changes, if the competition changes, the solution is the same - find a new edge, learn it, own it.
Subtext: she's not afraid of unfamiliar terrain. She is, if anything, bored by comfort.
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Cohen, Sasha. (2026, January 17). I'm a competitive person and I love the challenge of mastering new things. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/im-a-competitive-person-and-i-love-the-challenge-71204/
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Cohen, Sasha. "I'm a competitive person and I love the challenge of mastering new things." FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/im-a-competitive-person-and-i-love-the-challenge-71204/.
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"I'm a competitive person and I love the challenge of mastering new things." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/im-a-competitive-person-and-i-love-the-challenge-71204/. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.








