Motivational Quotes

Competition

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

- Jipcho, Ben

Best Quotes about Competition

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

Clough, Arthur Hugh

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

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

Trevino, Lee

Playing safe is only playing.

Olson, Chuck

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

Westphal, Paul

Becoming number one is easier than remaining number one.

Bradley, Bill

Racing is a matter of spirit not strength.

Guthrie, Janet

And what is the greatest number? Number one.

Hume, David

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

Durocher, Leo

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

Ross, Ruth

11.

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

Lassiter, Luther

12.

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

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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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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

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

Sayers, Gayle

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Competition is the whetstone of talent.

Saying

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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

18.

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

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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

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Win or lose, do it fairly.

Rockne, Knute

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

Hoagland, Edward

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

Jipcho, Ben

23.

Most games are lost, not won.

Stengel, Casey

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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

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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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A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.

Ovid

27.

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

28.

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

Proverb, Indian

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.

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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Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.

Shakespeare, William

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

Saying

34.

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.

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

Martin, Jerry

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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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He can run but he can't hide.

Louis, Joe

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Competitions are for horse, not artist.