Motivational Quotes

Competition

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

- Martin, Jerry

Best Quotes about Competition

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

Hoagland, Edward

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

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

Gladiator's Salute

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

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

And what is the greatest number? Number one.

Hume, David

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

Foyt, A. J.

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

Ross, Ruth

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

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Competitions are for horse, not artist.

Bartok, Bela

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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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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

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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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Win or lose, do it fairly.

Rockne, Knute

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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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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 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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Focus on competition has always been a formula for mediocrity.

Burrus, Daniel

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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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Becoming number one is easier than remaining number one.

Bradley, Bill

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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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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

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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

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Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.

Shakespeare, William

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

Westphal, Paul

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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

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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

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

Jipcho, Ben

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

Leonard, George

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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

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

Ovid

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

Shoemaker, Willie

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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

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

Trevino, Lee

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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.

Smith, Dean

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I don't compete with other discus throwers. I compete with my own history.

Oerter, Al

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When the game is over it is really just beginning.