Definition
To maintain a strong motivation to achieve or compete; to avoid complacency.
In Context
- "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."
- "Faldo's main challenge will be to stay hungry despite the more than $10 million he has earned in business opportunities."
- "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?"
- "Complacency is the demise of business. Steve Jobs said it best when he said, “stay hungry”."