Quotes About Competition

We can never know what else might have happened had other competitors been there. The Russian girls could have won, or they could have gotten jet-lagged and choked." Anna shrugged. "And this is the truth of any game—it can only exist at the moment that it is being played. It's the same with being an actor. In the end, all we can ever know is the game that was played, in the only world that we know.

The idea of Solution was that if you won the game on points, you lost it morally.

Business is in itself a power.

Women, by their nature, are not exceptional chess players: they are not great fighters.

There is no dishonor in losing the race. There is only dishonor in not racing because you are afraid to lose.

There is no dishonor in losing the race, Don said. There is only dishonor in not racing because you are afraid to lose. ~p 227

Racing is about discipline and intelligence, not about who has the heavier foot. The one who drives smart will always win in the end.

There is no dishonour in losing the race," Don said. "There is only dishonour in not racing because you are afraid to lose.

There is no dishonor in losing the race," Don said. "There is only dishonor in not racing because you are afraid to lose.

We all play by the same rules. But some people spend more time reading those rules and figuring out how to make them work in their behalf.

When I am racing, my mind and my body are working so quickly and so well together, I must be sure no to think, or else I will definitely make a mistake.

No race has ever been won in the first corner," he said. "But plenty of races have been lost there." I

pulling from the front. In that case, the smart move is to yield his lead to the trailing car and let the other driver pass. Relieved of his burden, our driver can tuck in behind and make the new leader drive his mirrors. Sometimes, however, it is important to hold one's position and not allow the pass. For strategic reasons, psychological

A race car driver must be very selfish. It is a cold truth: even his family must came second to the race.

He says racing is doing. It is being a part of a moment and being aware of nothing else but that moment. Reflection must come at a later time.

the race isn't over until the checker flies.

We all play by the same rules; it's just that some people spend more time reading those rules and figuring out how to make them work in their behalf.

Perder la carrera no es deshonroso. Lo deshonroso es no correr por temor a perder.

Ni ne?astno izgubiti dirko, " je rekel Don. "Ne?astno je ne dirkati, ker se bojiš izgubiti.

I wonder why Holling had the fastest time," said Danny after the announcements - a whole lot louder than he had to. "Could it be because he was running away from two rats who were trying to eat him?" "That might have a little to do with it," I said.

She preferred the speedy single-skipper Laser rather then

Games give you a chance to excel, and if you're playing in good company you don't even mind if you lose because you had the enjoyment of the company during the course of the game.

Put simply, hyper-rational executives produce hyper-boring products.

Only 11 percent of the companies that made up the Fortune 500 in 1955 are on the list today The average age of a company on the S&P 500 Index has fallen from sixty years in the 1950s to less than twenty years currently