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

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

Proverb, Indian

Our life is not really a mutual helpfulness; but rather, it's fair competition cloaked under due laws of war; it's a mutual hostility.

Carlyle, Thomas

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.

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

Orpen, Robert

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

Westphal, Paul

He can run but he can't hide.

Louis, Joe

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

And what is the greatest number? Number one.

Hume, David

Competitions are for horse, not artist.

Bartok, Bela

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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

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

Martin, Jerry

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Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one.

Knight, Bobby

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

Proverb, Italian

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Racing is a matter of spirit not strength.

Guthrie, Janet

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

Foyt, A. J.

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No wise combatant underestimates their antagonist.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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Win or lose, do it fairly.

Rockne, Knute

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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

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

Ovid

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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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Hail Caesar, those who are about to die salute you.

Gladiator's Salute

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

Oerter, Al

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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

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

Landry, Tom

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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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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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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

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

Saying

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

Jipcho, Ben

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

Trevino, Lee

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

Becker, Boris

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Playing safe is only playing.

Olson, Chuck

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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

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You have to defeat a great players aura more than his game.

Riley, Pat

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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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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

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You must play boldly to win.

Palmer, Arnold

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

Cauthen, Steve

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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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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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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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When the game is over it is really just beginning.

Kramer, Jerry

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

Durocher, Leo