Williams has a soft-spoken demeanor, but no one should be fooled: he is a fiery competitor.

A fiery and intense competitor, he was well known for his legendary emotional outbursts.

"But generally they are all fiery competitors."

In other words, the man who was taunted as Father Joe uncovered some of the most fiery competitors on the 1990 Mets.

He is an incredible talent & a fiery competitor, which is a good thing.

He was a fiery competitor and a brilliant player with natural talent, whose achievements may have been obscured by his irascibility.

Posada said that Peña was an older, more outgoing version of himself - a fiery competitor with a big heart and a chip on his shoulder.

He came to the Knicks with a reputation for being a fiery competitor, but he generally lurked in the corners.

The next day, the serves, the volleys and all the prowess that made Gonzales a fiery competitor surfaced with trademark vengeance.

Always a fiery competitor, Williams was determined to go to arbitration and beat the Yankees.