Quotes about competition

"I worked very hard. I felt I could play the game. The only thing that could stop me was myself."

Abbott, Jim on competition
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"You have to be able to center yourself, to let all of your emotions go... Don't ever forget that you play with your soul as well as your body."

Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem on competition
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"It has meant a lot to me to challenge the best players in the world and to beat them. And it means a lot to me to be out here and fighting for the title and, you know, it hurts not to win it."

Agassi, Andre on competition   

"How can we hope to remain economically competitive in a world in which... 90% of Dutch high-school students take advanced math courses and 100% of teachers in Germany have double majors, while the best we can say about our pocket of excellence is that 75% of [American] students have learned to critique tactfully?"

Alexander, Barbara J. on competition   

"World trade means competition from anywhere; advancing technology encourages cross-industry competition. Consequently, strategic planning must consider who our future competitors will be, not only who is here today."

Allison, Eric on competition   

"The Law of Win/Win says, Let's not do it your way or my way; let's do it the best way."

Anderson, Greg on competition   

"What it comes down to is that anybody can win with the best horse. What makes you good is if you can take the second or third-best horse and win."

Aragon, Vicky on competition
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"Thank God for competition. When our competitors upset our plans or outdo our designs, they open infinite possibilities of our own work to us."

Atkinson, Gil on competition   

"Competitions are for horse, not artist."

Bartok, Bela on competition   

"I love the winning, I can take the losing, but most of all I Love to play."

Becker, Boris on competition   

"To free the mind from the habit of competition, we must see in detail the process by which the mind is ensnared by competition."

Beecher, Marguerite on competition   

"Competition is a process or variety of habitual behavior that grows out of a habit of mind."

Beecher, Willard on competition   

"The game isn't over until it's over."

Berra, Yogi on competition
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"You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your tricks of war."

Bonaparte, Napoleon on competition
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"Becoming number one is easier than remaining number one."

Bradley, Bill on competition   

"Show me a guy who is afraid to look bad, and I'll show you a guy you can beat every time."

Brock, Lou on competition   

"Focus on competition has always been a formula for mediocrity."

Burrus, Daniel on competition   

"Somebody will always break your records. It is how you live that counts."

Campbell, Earl on competition   

"Our life is not really a mutual helpfulness; but rather, it's fair competition cloaked under due laws of war; it's a mutual hostility."

Carlyle, Thomas on competition   

"The price which society pays for the law of competition, like the price it pays for cheap comforts and luxuries, is great; but the advantages of this law are also greater still than its cost -- for it is to this law that we owe our wonderful material development, which brings improved conditions in its train. But, whether the law be benign or not, we must say of it: It is here; we cannot evade it; no substitutes for it have been found; and while the law may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department."

Carnegie, Andrew on competition   

"I don't psyche myself up. I psyche myself down. I think clearer when I'm not psyched up."

Cauthen, Steve on competition   

"Everybody pulls for David, nobody roots for Goliath."

Chamberlain, Wilt on competition   

"Thou shalt not covet; but tradition approves all forms of competition."

Clough, Arthur Hugh on competition   

"The general fact is that the most effective way of utilizing human energy is through an organized rivalry, which by specialization and social control is, at the same time, organized co-operation."

Cooley, Charles Horton on competition   

"It's amazing how much of this is mental. Everybody's in good shape. Everybody knows how to ski. Everybody has good equipment. When it really boils down to it, it's who wants it the most, and who's the most confident on his skis."

Crist, Reggie on competition   

"I believe in rules. Sure I do. If there weren't any rules, how could you break them?"

Durocher, Leo on competition   

"What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight; it's the size of the fight in the dog."

Eisenhower, Dwight D. on competition
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"You must sacrifice, train, do everything possible to put yourself in a position to win. But if you consider second or third a failure, I feel sorry for you."

Falcon, Joe on competition   

"You get out in front -- you stay out in front."

Foyt, A. J. on competition   

"It is better for a woman to compete impersonally in society, as men do, than to compete for dominance in her own home with her husband, compete with her neighbors for empty status, and so smother her son that he cannot compete at all."

Friedan, Betty on competition   

"There are two kinds of people: Those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group because there is less competition there."

Gandhi, Indira on competition
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"The ability to learn faster than your competitors may be the only sustainable competitive advantage."

Geus, Arie de on competition   

"Hail Caesar, those who are about to die salute you."

Gladiator's Salute on competition   

"No wise combatant underestimates their antagonist."

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von on competition
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"Surely the best way to meet the enemy is head on in the field and not wait till they plunder our very homes."

Goldsmith, Oliver on competition   

"Racing is a matter of spirit not strength."

Guthrie, Janet on competition   

"Every time you go out on the ice, there are slight flaws. You can always think of something you should have done better. These are the things you must work on."

Hamill, Dorothy on competition   

"Men often compete with one another until the day they die; comradeship consists of rubbing shoulders jocularly with a competitor."

Hoagland, Edward on competition   

"I play [golf] with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games."

Hogan, Ben on competition   

"How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser."

Holtz, Lou on competition