Motivational Quotes

Competition

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

- Witt, Katarina

Best Quotes about Competition

He can run but he can't hide.

Louis, Joe

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

Kennedy, John F.

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

Berra, Yogi

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

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

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

Becker, Boris

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

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

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

Hubbard, Elbert

10.

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

11.

Win or lose, do it fairly.

Rockne, Knute

12.

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

Oerter, Al

13.

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

Hogan, Ben

14.

Man is a gaming animal. He must always be trying to get the better in something or other.

Lamb, Charles

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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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Focus on competition has always been a formula for mediocrity.

Burrus, Daniel

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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

19.

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

Durocher, Leo

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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

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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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You must play boldly to win.

Palmer, Arnold

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

Ross, Ruth

24.

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

Westphal, Paul

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

Geus, Arie de

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

Campbell, Earl

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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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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

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Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.

Shakespeare, William

33.

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

Foyt, A. J.

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

Shakespeare, William

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

Paige, Leroy ''Satchel''

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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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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.

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

Johnson, Patti

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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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It's amazing how much of this is mental. Everybody's in good shape. Everybody knows how to ski. Everybody has good equipment. When it really boils down to it, it's who wants it the most, and who's the most confident on his skis.

Crist, Reggie

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

Brock, Lou

46.

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

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The only competition worthy a wise man is with himself.

Jamieson, Mrs.

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When the game is over it is really just beginning.

Kramer, Jerry

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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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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