Quotes About Competition

In a mud-slinging contest, everybody gets dirty.

Yeah I'm done. Chase frigging Reese." Slade shook his head. Mustang laughed again. Nothing like some good old-fashion jealousy to make a man see clearly. "Yeah, I know. The kid's got balls. I'll give him that. I guess we better show her what real men can do for her, huh?" "Oh yeah." Slade let out a snort. "'You get a buckle for that you know.' Yeah. I bet he made sure she knew that.

To enjoy rodeo properly, you gotta be close enough to see the snot fly.

It is time I watched my grandson learn to shoot. I and my friends are placing bets. I have two horses that say he will shoot Warrior in the thigh. Old Man thinks it will be in the rump. Want to wager?" Hunter's smile turned wry. "I don't think so. If I recall, I told Warrior that I would teach Turtle how to shoot.

It was like he was in a contest to see who could do the least work, only he was the only contestant.

The big fish ate the little and

The big fish ate the little and that was how it worked. To me that

There are two types of personalities, Type A and Type B. Whereas Type B's are laid-back and non-competitive, Type A's are characterized by ambition, aggression, and a need for control. (This is a broad generalization and many people lie somewhere between A and B.) Type A's are champing at the bit, and that drive can translate to stress; indeed, these traits are often associated with stress-related ailments.

the mother's narcissism is confirmed by how she seeks reassurance from the magic mirror on the wall early in the story, long before Snow White's beauty surpasses her own. There is no better tale for conveying how imperilled a teenage girl can feel with a narcissistic, competitive mother. And for Madeline, there were no friendly dwarves.

Part of the Native ethos is not to compete or flaunt your success: it could make someone less able feel bad. It's fine to be on a hockey team, but it's insensitive to cheer for your own team since it could offend the other team.

I don't have a sense of entitlement or that I deserve this. You'd be surprised at the lack of competition between nominees I think a lot of it's imposed from the outside. Can I have my champagne now?

It's not a game if you don't cheat, it's just two sods making a mess with fifty-two pieces of paper.

Of course she cheated. Don't be silly. Snow White spent half her growing years shuffling cards for no one. She can cut false and she can cut true, but she wasn't going to lose when it counted.

Lawlessness doesn't mean there's no law, you know, it just means that there are a lot of different laws slugging it out in the streets, and none of them have come out on top yet.

There's no fun in arguing if you never get shown up. Who plays a game if there's no chance they'll lose? I do so crave to be proven wrong. It is as sweet as proving yourself right, when done properly. The trouble is, most people only argue with their friends and their family, which a real sportsman knows is no way to practice. If no one you know can prove you wrong, you're in peril and that's the truth.

Doesn't sound like anyone cares about Rightful until they want to kick someone else out of the chair.

It's Survival of Them Who's Best at Nicking Things, girl!

There's no fun in arguing if you never get shown up. Who plays a game it there's no chance they'll lose? I do so crave to be proven wrong,. It is as sweet as proving yourself right, when done properly.

I reckon he's jealous, because he can see you have more talent than he's got in his little finger.

businesses, even traditional ones like IBM, use crowdsourcing more and more as a way to get a read on their employees' opinions, to frame a challenge, or to solve a problem. Sometimes they create a competition and award the winner a prize while the company receives the rights to the winning idea.

finding success. It leads to unpleasantness that I would rather . . . avoid. Even the greatest jockeys, the men everyone delighted to cheer for, cannot now get a decent mount, South or North. And if they do chance to ride, it has become perilous. The White jockeys collaborate against them to provoke falls.

The wiles of a veteran turned the younger man's own gift of speed against him.

If Islamic countries can't come up with their own principles for women's competition," she said in one widely reported speech, "then the way dictated by Western oppressing countries will be imposed on us." Iran

No one cared about injuries. Not when you're flying down the field, you and the horse—" He was suddenly animated. "You're one being, like a centaur. The best ponies are total athletes. They find the line of the ball without you doing anything. One time I came off—my fault, not the pony's—and she went on, tearing down the field, and blocked my opponent's shot as if I were still riding her.