Motivational Quotes

Competition

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

Best Quotes about Competition

1.

Racing is a matter of spirit not strength.

Guthrie, Janet

2.

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

3.

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

Becker, Boris

4.

No wise combatant underestimates their antagonist.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

5.

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

Landry, Tom

6.

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

Jipcho, Ben

7.

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

Clough, Arthur Hugh

8.

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

Geus, Arie de

9.

When the game is over it is really just beginning.

Kramer, Jerry

10.

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

Witt, Katarina

11.

I consider myself one of a very small handful of drivers in the world that are top drivers. The best one? I don't think anybody can say they're the best one because, from one week to the next, you can be on form or off form a little bit.

Mansell, Nigel

12.

You must play boldly to win.

Palmer, Arnold

13.

I don't care how good you play, you can find somebody who can beat you, and I don't care how bad you play, you can find somebody you can beat.

Penick, Harvey

14.

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

15.

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

16.

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

Proverb, Italian

17.

Everybody pulls for David, nobody roots for Goliath.

Chamberlain, Wilt

18.

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.

19.

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

20.

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

Beecher, Willard

21.

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

22.

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

23.

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

Hubbard, Elbert

24.

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

Shakespeare, William

25.

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

26.

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

Campbell, Earl

27.

Playing safe is only playing.

Olson, Chuck

28.

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

Abbott, Jim

29.

Competition is the whetstone of talent.

Saying

30.

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

Berra, Yogi

31.

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

Laver, Rod

32.

He can run but he can't hide.

Louis, Joe

33.

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

Horne, William Van

34.

I watch a man shoot pool for an hour. If he misses more than one shot I know I can beat him.

Lassiter, Luther

35.

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

Tarkenton, Fran

36.

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

Proverb, Indian

37.

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

Walsh, Bill

38.

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

39.

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

40.

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

Shoemaker, Willie

41.

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

42.

Competitions are for horse, not artist.

Bartok, Bela

43.

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

Kennedy, John F.

44.

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

Paige, Leroy ''Satchel''

45.

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

Foyt, A. J.

46.

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

Saying

47.

Becoming number one is easier than remaining number one.

Bradley, Bill

48.

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

49.

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

Saroyan, William

50.

And what is the greatest number? Number one.

Hume, David