Motivational Quotes

Competition

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

- Beecher, Willard

Best Quotes about Competition

1.

We have a lot of players in their first year. Some of them are also in their last year.

Walsh, Bill

2.

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

3.

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

Becker, Boris

4.

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

Shakespeare, William

5.

I watch a man shoot pool for an hour. If he misses more than one shot I know I can beat him.

Lassiter, Luther

6.

How can they beat me? I've been struck by lightning, had two back operations, and been divorced twice.

Trevino, Lee

7.

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

Saying

8.

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

9.

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

10.

Becoming number one is easier than remaining number one.

Bradley, Bill

11.

I consider myself one of a very small handful of drivers in the world that are top drivers. The best one? I don't think anybody can say they're the best one because, from one week to the next, you can be on form or off form a little bit.

Mansell, Nigel

12.

Once you're physically capable of winning a gold medal, the rest is ninety percent mental.

Johnson, Patti

13.

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

Hogan, Ben

14.

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

15.

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

Clough, Arthur Hugh

16.

For when the One Great Scorer comes to mark against your name, He writes -- not that you won or lost -- but how you played the Game.

Rice, Grantland

17.

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.

18.

You have to defeat a great players aura more than his game.

Riley, Pat

19.

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

Lamb, Charles

20.

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

21.

Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.

Shakespeare, William

22.

He can run but he can't hide.

Louis, Joe

23.

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

Horne, William Van

24.

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

25.

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

26.

Every man in the world is better than someone else and not as good someone else.

Saroyan, William

27.

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

Beecher, Willard

28.

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

29.

Running for money doesn't make you run fast. It makes you run first.

Jipcho, Ben

30.

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

Roosevelt, Theodore

31.

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

Hoagland, Edward

32.

Competition is the whetstone of talent.

Saying

33.

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

Campbell, Earl

34.

Focus on competition has always been a formula for mediocrity.

Burrus, Daniel

35.

Enjoy the successes that you have, and don't be too hard on yourself when you don't do well. Too many times we beat up on ourselves. Just relax and enjoy it.

Sheehan, Patty

36.

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

37.

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

Geus, Arie de

38.

Racing is a matter of spirit not strength.

Guthrie, Janet

39.

Competition is the spice of sports; but if you make spice the whole meal you'll be sick.

Leonard, George

40.

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

41.

And what is the greatest number? Number one.

Hume, David

42.

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

43.

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

Paige, Leroy ''Satchel''

44.

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

45.

You must play boldly to win.

Palmer, Arnold

46.

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

Proverb, Italian

47.

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

48.

If you make every game a life and death proposition, you're going to have problems. For one thing, you'll be dead a lot.