Motivational Quotes

Competition

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

- Lassiter, Luther

Best Quotes about Competition

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

Johnson, Patti

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

Hoagland, Edward

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

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.

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

The general fact is that the most effective way of utilizing human energy is through an organized rivalry, which by specialization and social control is, at the same time, organized co-operation.

Cooley, Charles Horton

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

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

Tarkenton, Fran

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

Sayers, Gayle

10.

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

Martin, Jerry

11.

You must play boldly to win.

Palmer, Arnold

12.

I won it, at least five million times. Men who were stronger, bigger and faster than I was could have done it, but they never picked up a pole, and never made the feeble effort to pick their legs off the ground and get over the bar.

Richards, Bob

13.

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

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

Roosevelt, Theodore

15.

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

Oerter, Al

16.

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

Shoemaker, Willie

17.

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

Paige, Leroy ''Satchel''

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

19.

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

Lassiter, Luther

20.

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

Walsh, Bill

21.

Everybody pulls for David, nobody roots for Goliath.

Chamberlain, Wilt

22.

Playing safe is only playing.

Olson, Chuck

23.

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

24.

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

25.

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

Shakespeare, William

26.

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

Campbell, Earl

27.

No wise combatant underestimates their antagonist.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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

29.

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

Horne, William Van

30.

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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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

32.

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

Berra, Yogi

33.

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

Hubbard, Elbert

34.

The only competition worthy a wise man is with himself.

Jamieson, Mrs.

35.

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

Brock, Lou

36.

Racing is a matter of spirit not strength.

Guthrie, Janet

37.

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

Durocher, Leo

38.

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

Ross, Ruth

39.

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

Jipcho, Ben

40.

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

Becker, Boris

41.

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

42.

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

Westphal, Paul

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

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Focus on competition has always been a formula for mediocrity.

Burrus, Daniel

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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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And what is the greatest number? Number one.

Hume, David

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