Motivational Quotes

Competition

Competition is the whetstone of talent.

- Saying

Best Quotes about Competition

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

Competitions are for horse, not artist.

Bartok, Bela

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.

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

Roosevelt, Theodore

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

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

Proverb, Indian

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

Walsh, Bill

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

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

Becker, Boris

10.

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

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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

12.

The only competition worthy a wise man is with himself.

Jamieson, Mrs.

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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

14.

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

Tarkenton, Fran

16.

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

Cauthen, Steve

18.

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

Abbott, Jim

19.

Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one.

Knight, Bobby

20.

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

21.

Becoming number one is easier than remaining number one.

Bradley, Bill

22.

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

Shakespeare, William

23.

Competition is the whetstone of talent.

Saying

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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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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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He can run but he can't hide.

Louis, Joe

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And what is the greatest number? Number one.

Hume, David

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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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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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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

31.

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