Motivational Quotes

Competition

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

Best Quotes about Competition

1.

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

Beecher, Willard

2.

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

Oerter, Al

3.

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

4.

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

5.

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

Cauthen, Steve

6.

And what is the greatest number? Number one.

Hume, David

7.

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

Witt, Katarina

8.

Becoming number one is easier than remaining number one.

Bradley, Bill

9.

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

Martin, Jerry

10.

Most games are lost, not won.

Stengel, Casey

11.

The only competition worthy a wise man is with himself.

Jamieson, Mrs.

12.

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

Hubbard, Elbert

13.

No wise combatant underestimates their antagonist.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

14.

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

15.

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

Shakespeare, William

16.

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

Kennedy, John F.

17.

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

18.

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

19.

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

20.

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

Johnson, Patti

21.

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

22.

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

23.

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

Trevino, Lee

24.

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

Geus, Arie de

25.

Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.

Shakespeare, William

26.

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

27.

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

Westphal, Paul

28.

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

29.

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

Foyt, A. J.

30.

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

Jipcho, Ben

31.

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

Roosevelt, Theodore

32.

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

Paige, Leroy ''Satchel''

33.

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

34.

Racing is a matter of spirit not strength.

Guthrie, Janet

35.

After the game the King and pawn go into the same box.

Proverb, Italian

36.

Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one.

Knight, Bobby

37.

Competition is the whetstone of talent.

Saying

38.

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

39.

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

Laver, Rod

40.

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

Berra, Yogi

41.

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

Durocher, Leo

42.

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

43.

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

44.

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

Lamb, Charles

45.

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

46.

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

Orpen, Robert

47.

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

Abbott, Jim

48.

When the game is over it is really just beginning.

Kramer, Jerry

49.

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