Motivational Quotes

Competition

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

- Orpen, Robert

Best Quotes about Competition

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

I play [golf] with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games.

Hogan, Ben

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

Hoagland, Edward

Playing safe is only playing.

Olson, Chuck

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

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

Cauthen, Steve

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

Trevino, Lee

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

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

Ross, Ruth

10.

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

Foyt, A. J.

11.

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

13.

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

Riley, Pat

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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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Most games are lost, not won.

Stengel, Casey

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

Gladiator's Salute

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

Berra, Yogi

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

Kennedy, John F.

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Win or lose, do it fairly.

Rockne, Knute

20.

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

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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

22.

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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Becoming number one is easier than remaining number one.

Bradley, Bill

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

Brock, Lou

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

Martin, Jerry

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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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Racing is a matter of spirit not strength.

Guthrie, Janet

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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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So long as the system of competition in the production and exchange of the means of life goes on, the degradation of the arts will go on; and if that system is to last for ever, then art is doomed, and will surely die; that is to say, civilization will die.

Morris, William

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Everybody pulls for David, nobody roots for Goliath.

Chamberlain, Wilt

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

Witt, Katarina

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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 only competition worthy a wise man is with himself.

Jamieson, Mrs.

35.

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

36.

You must play boldly to win.

Palmer, Arnold

37.

No wise combatant underestimates their antagonist.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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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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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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

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

Durocher, Leo

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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

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

Beecher, Willard

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Competitions are for horse, not artist.

Bartok, Bela

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

Roosevelt, Theodore

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