Motivational Quotes

Competition

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

- Lassiter, Luther

Best Quotes about 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

Competitions are for horse, not artist.

Bartok, Bela

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

Saroyan, William

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

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

Roosevelt, Theodore

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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

Gladiator's Salute

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

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

Campbell, Earl

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The only competition worthy a wise man is with himself.

Jamieson, Mrs.

11.

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

12.

Competition is the whetstone of talent.

Saying

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Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one.

Knight, Bobby

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A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.

Ovid

15.

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

Cauthen, Steve

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

Horne, William Van

18.

No wise combatant underestimates their antagonist.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

19.

When I go our on the ice, I just think about my skating. I forget it is a competition.

Witt, Katarina

20.

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

Saying

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

Johnson, Patti

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When you're riding, only the race in which you're riding is important.

Shoemaker, Willie

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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

25.

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

Brock, Lou

26.

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

Orpen, Robert

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

Becker, Boris

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

Beecher, Willard

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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

31.

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

Durocher, Leo

32.

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

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

Lassiter, Luther

34.

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

Riley, Pat

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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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Playing safe is only playing.

Olson, Chuck

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Win or lose, do it fairly.

Rockne, Knute

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You must play boldly to win.

Palmer, Arnold

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When you step onto that field, you cannot concede a thing.

Sayers, Gayle

40.

Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed -- there's so little competition.

Hubbard, Elbert

41.

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

Trevino, Lee

42.

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

Foyt, A. J.

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Racing is a matter of spirit not strength.

Guthrie, Janet

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

Hoagland, Edward

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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

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Focus on competition has always been a formula for mediocrity.

Burrus, Daniel

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The difference of great players is at a certain point in a match they raise their level of play and maintain it. Lesser players play great for a set, but then less.

Sampras, Pete