Motivational Quotes

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

Best Quotes about Competition

When you want to win a game, you have to teach. When you lose a game, you have to learn.

Landry, Tom

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

I won it, at least five million times. Men who were stronger, bigger and faster than I was could have done it, but they never picked up a pole, and never made the feeble effort to pick their legs off the ground and get over the bar.

Richards, Bob

Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you.

Paige, Leroy ''Satchel''

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

Foyt, A. J.

After the game the King and pawn go into the same box.

Proverb, Italian

Competition is the whetstone of talent.

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The weakness of an enemy forms part of our own strength.

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When you fear a foe, fear crushes your strength; and this weakness gives strength to your opponents.

Shakespeare, William

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When you have them by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow.

Martin, Jerry

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

Hogan, Ben

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The only competition worthy a wise man is with himself.

Jamieson, Mrs.

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There is nothing noble in being superior to some other person. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.

Proverb, Indian

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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

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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

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Man is a gaming animal. He must always be trying to get the better in something or other.

Lamb, Charles

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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

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I ski to win. When the day comes that I can't get myself into a fighting mood anymore, I won't be able to win and I'll stop racing.

Stenmark, Ingemar

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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

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My hat's in the ring. The fight is on and I'm stripped to the buff.

Roosevelt, Theodore

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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

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Focus on competition has always been a formula for mediocrity.

Burrus, Daniel

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Competitions are for horse, not artist.

Bartok, Bela

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I don't care how good you play, you can find somebody who can beat you, and I don't care how bad you play, you can find somebody you can beat.

Penick, Harvey

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In this game, by trying to win; you automatically lose.

Ross, Ruth

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When the game is over it is really just beginning.

Kramer, Jerry

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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

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The biggest things are often the easiest to do because there is so little competition.

Horne, William Van

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Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.

Shakespeare, William

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And what is the greatest number? Number one.

Hume, David

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The person who figures out how to harness the collective genius of his or her organization is going to blow the competition away.

Wriston, Walter

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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.

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The ability to learn faster than your competitors may be the only sustainable competitive advantage.

Geus, Arie de

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No wise combatant underestimates their antagonist.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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So long as the system of competition in the production and exchange of the means of life goes on, the degradation of the arts will go on; and if that system is to last for ever, then art is doomed, and will surely die; that is to say, civilization will die.

Morris, William

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Racing is a matter of spirit not strength.

Guthrie, Janet

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This is a tough game. There are times when you've got to play hurt, when you've got to block out the pain.

O'Neal, Shaquille

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Becoming number one is easier than remaining number one.

Bradley, Bill

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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.

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These are the days when it takes all you've got just to keep up with the losers.

Orpen, Robert

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If football taught me anything about business, it is that you win the game one play at a time.

Tarkenton, Fran

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The medals don't mean anything and the glory doesn't last. It's all about your happiness. The rewards are going to come, but my happiness is just loving the sport and having fun performing.

Kersee, Jackie Joyner

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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

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

Campbell, Earl

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

Gladiator's Salute

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The key to any game is to use your strengths and hide your weaknesses.

Westphal, Paul

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A competitor will find a way to win. Competitors take bad breaks and use them to drive themselves just that much harder. Quitters take bad breaks and use them as reasons to give up. It's all a matter of pride.

Lopez, Nancy

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

Berra, Yogi

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You find that you have peace of mind and can enjoy yourself, get more sleep, and rest when you know that it was a one hundred percent effort that you gave -- win or lose.

Howe, Gordie

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

Abbott, Jim