Motivational Quotes

Competition

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

- Saying

Best Quotes about Competition

We want to be first; not first if, not first but; but first!

Kennedy, John F.

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

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

Tarkenton, Fran

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

Geus, Arie de

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

Saying

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

Orpen, Robert

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

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

The time your game is most vulnerable is when you're ahead, never let up.

Laver, Rod

10.

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

11.

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

Roosevelt, Theodore

12.

Win or lose, do it fairly.

Rockne, Knute

13.

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

Clough, Arthur Hugh

14.

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

Berra, Yogi

15.

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

Hoagland, Edward

16.

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

Abbott, Jim

17.

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

Shoemaker, Willie

18.

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

Ross, Ruth

19.

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

20.

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

Gladiator's Salute

21.

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

22.

And what is the greatest number? Number one.

Hume, David

23.

Becoming number one is easier than remaining number one.

Bradley, Bill

24.

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

Paige, Leroy ''Satchel''

25.

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

26.

When the game is over it is really just beginning.

Kramer, Jerry

27.

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

Johnson, Patti

28.

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

Westphal, Paul

29.

Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.

Shakespeare, William

30.

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

Brock, Lou

31.

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

32.

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

33.

Everybody pulls for David, nobody roots for Goliath.

Chamberlain, Wilt

34.

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

Landry, Tom

35.

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

Shakespeare, William

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

Hubbard, Elbert

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

Lamb, Charles

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

Leonard, George

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Playing safe is only playing.

Olson, Chuck

43.

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