Quotes About Competition

Chinese players are not as naturally skilled like South American or European players, like players who learned football when they were kids. They're not good.

When I made my one-day debut for South Africa I met some of the Aussies for the first time. We lost the game and when I shook the hands of players I just wanted them to look me in the eye and acknowledge I had competed.

Australia always gives a tough fight, and that's why every player wants to perform against Australia. When you perform against Australia, England, and South Africa, you automatically earn more respect.

We have to win everything. The last time we went to South Africa, we had an opportunity to win the series, but things didn't work out.

I was telling somebody the other day that I have had five semi-finals with South Africa and never got to a final. I got to one final with Pakistan and eventually got a medal!

I am happy to playing against teams like South Africa and Australia early on in my career. It is going to make me stronger as a cricketer.

I just remember, it seemed to be the thing to do to get up a three o'clock in the morning and watch the All Blacks play England or South Africa.

I had been dancing in competitions in South Africa since the age of four, before going on to compete internationally.

We have to be mentally strong to prepare to face a team like South Africa in their own backyard.

I love the Copa America. It showcases all the classic rivalries of South America, all those neighbours, up against each other.

There is still a big gap between South America and Europe and Asia, and if we had more players playing in Europe, the gap would be smaller.

My high school coach was a big Clemson fan, and I told him, 'As long as I'm the starting quarterback here, I'm not going to lose to South Carolina.'

Achievements in successful export industries, which need highly skilled people, can create an area as flourishing as South Korea and Singapore.

If you're doing an animated comedy on the same channel as 'South Park,' no one can really tell you anything. The bar has been set so high.

There is only one social system that reflects the sovereignty of the individual: the free-market, or capitalist, system.

At present, England, America, France, Italy, and Japan constitute the so-called 'Big Five.' Even with the rise of Germany and Soviet Russia, the world has only seven Powers. When China becomes strong, she can easily win first place in the Council of Nations.

So you had to rev your engines, to beat the Russians and I think more than anything, if the Soviet team would win, or the Soviet athletes would win, you would see and hear and read about that. Quite frequently. So they would make a big issue of it.

Reagan did not wait out the Soviets; he beat them.

During the cold war, it was easy for the Pentagon to justify its budget, as the Soviets essentially sized our forces for us. We simply counted up their stuff and either bought more of the same or upgraded our technology.

Just as the Red Sox proved the critics wrong, Maine can compete and can win.

The Boston Red Sox, they love to compete.

For too long, the producers of non-dairy beverages, such as almond and soy products, have unfairly benefited from the ability to label their products as milk.

You have to know what competitors are doing in your space.

If U.S. mistakes in the Middle East helped Putin raise Russia's global profile, China's missteps and hubris in East and Southeast Asia, once called Indo-China, have opened up new spaces for India's profile to be raised.