Motivational Quotes

Competition

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

Best Quotes about Competition

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

Beecher, Willard

3.

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

Hogan, Ben

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

Clough, Arthur Hugh

5.

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

Sayers, Gayle

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Most games are lost, not won.

Stengel, Casey

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When the game is over it is really just beginning.

Kramer, Jerry

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He can run but he can't hide.

Louis, Joe

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Playing safe is only playing.

Olson, Chuck

10.

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

Campbell, Earl

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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

12.

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

Geus, Arie de

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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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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

17.

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

Saying

18.

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

Walsh, Bill

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

Shakespeare, William

20.

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

21.

You find that you have peace of mind and can enjoy yourself, get more sleep, and rest when you know that it was a one hundred percent effort that you gave -- win or lose.

Howe, Gordie

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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.

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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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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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No wise combatant underestimates their antagonist.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Horne, William Van

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Racing is a matter of spirit not strength.

Guthrie, Janet

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

Roosevelt, Theodore

30.

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

31.

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

Shoemaker, Willie

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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

Abbott, Jim

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

Brock, Lou

37.

One cannot play chess if one becomes aware of the pieces as living souls and of the fact that the Whites and the Blacks have more in common with each other than with the players. Suddenly one loses all interest in who will be champion.

Rapoport, Anatol

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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

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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

40.

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

41.

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

Hoagland, Edward

42.

You must play boldly to win.

Palmer, Arnold

43.

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

Westphal, Paul

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