stay hungry
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Verb edit
stay hungry (third-person singular simple present stays hungry, present participle staying hungry, simple past and past participle stayed hungry)
- (informal) To maintain a strong motivation to achieve or compete; to avoid complacency.
- 1979 July 21, “Steeler Veterans Arrive”, in Youngstown Vindicator, retrieved 8 August 2013, page 13:
- They've got three Super Bowl titles under their belts, but the Pittsburgh Steelers talked about staying hungry as the full squad of veterans arrived at training camp Friday.
- 1991 January 4, Jaime Diaz, “Golf: Light Mood as Golf Season Opens”, in New York Times, retrieved 8 August 2013:
- Faldo's main challenge will be to stay hungry despite the more than $10 million he has earned in business opportunities.
- 2008 May 17, Richard Corliss and Mary Corliss, "Cannes Gets Real" (film review of Tyson), Time (retrieved 8 August 2013):
- Tyson was an apt pupil: he obsessively studied old films of boxing legends, learned the spiritual side of the warrior mentality and, he says, "restrained myself from having sex for about five years." . . . But how to stay hungry when you're dining on caviar, sycophancy and willing women?
- 2013 March 12, Deborah Sweeney, “15 Lessons I Learned From 15 Years In Business”, in forbes.com, retrieved 8 August 2013:
- Complacency is the demise of business. Steve Jobs said it best when he said, “stay hungry”.
Usage notes edit
- Often used in sporting contexts describing a player's or team's commitment to intense athletic competitiveness.