Quotes About Competition

Citius, altius, fortius. (Swifter, higher, stronger.)

Knute Rockne liked 'bad losers.' He said 'good losers' lose too often.

There's such a thin line between winning and losing.

Our business in life is not to get ahead of others but to get ahead of ourselves-to break our own records, to outstrip our yesterdays by our today, to do our work with more force than ever before.

Most ball games are lost, not won.

Football games aren't won, they're lost.

The exclusive worship of the bitch-goddess Success is our national disease.

If you lose, you're going to be fired, and if you win, you only put off the day you're going to be fired.

Superiority is always detested.

When Ty Cobb got on first base he had an apparently nervous habit of kicking the bag. ... By kicking the bag hard enough Cobb could move it a full two inches closer to second base. He figured that this improved his chances for a steal, or for reaching second base safely on a hit.

If it's me against 48, I feel sorry for the 48.

I can write better than anyone who can write faster, and I can write faster than anyone who can write better.

There is no such thing as an insignificant enemy.

Let advertisers spend the same amount of money improving their product that they do on advertising, and they wouldn't have to advertise.

ja?i konja jaše, a slabiji pješke kaska.

In the journal of my misery, each sorrow competes for the first place in length and strength.

Winning can be addictive

What's the point of playing if winning isn't the goal?

In their eyes, Eve saw the wolf gleam. The story was the prey, ratings the trophy.

You've played the games. You're a competitive soul." "What's the point of playing if winning isn't the goal?

in tonight, do a special bulletin, get herself a nice scoop on the competition. "Yeah, yeah," she called at the sound of the buzzer. "Just hang on." She went to the door, looked through the security peep, saw a bit of profile and a big winter hat

Konkurrenz ist eine Sublimierung von Krieg.

Für wahre Marktgläubige macht es keinen Sinn, wenn du sagst, dass es dir kein Vergnügen macht, dich in einen Wettbewerb mit deinen Mitmenschen zu begeben, und dass du dich lieber zurückziehen möchtest. Du kannst dich ja zurückziehen, wenn du möchtest, sagen sie, aber deine Konkurrenten werden es ganz gewiss nicht tun. Sobald du deine Waffen niederlegst, wirst du abgeschlachtet. Wir sind unausweichlich gefangen in einem Krieg aller gegen alle.

There is a cold war on the go. America and Russia are competing for the hearts and minds of Indians, Iraquies, Nigerians; scholarships to universities are among the inducements they offer.