Meaning of stay hungry | Babel Free

Definitions

To maintain a strong motivation to achieve or compete; to avoid complacency.

idiomatic, informal

Examples

“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”.”

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