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Quotes About Competition

In smart society men are jealous of one another after the fashion of women.
~ Honore de Balzac
Shave that jaw, brush that hair, tone down the crazy in the eyes, and he would have to fight women off with that crossbow.
~ Ilona Andrews
No male can beat a female in the long run because they have it over us in sheer, damn longevity.
~ James Thurber
The press seems to love pitting women against each other.
~ Jeanne Tripplehorn
During the 19th-century struggle for womens rights in America, many saw a competition between rights for black people and those for women.
~ Karen DeCrow
I don't mind the sparkle - I think it's kind of a tradition in skating. I don't think the men really need sparkles, but for the women it's part of the glamour of our sport.
~ Kristi Yamaguchi
The women are stepping up their degree of difficulty more than the men. A lot of us do the same dives as the men now.
~ Laura Wilkinson
If a woman is successful, she'd better duck, because they'll be out to get her.
~ Leona Helmsley
Ten minutes? That's the women. It's not for the men; not for the real game, mate.
~ Lleyton Hewitt
You don't have that many women in the industry so the lane is wide open.
~ Ludacris
The stronger women get, the more men love football.
~ Mariah Nelson
What's endlessly complicated in thinking about women's gymnastics is the way that vulnerability and power are threaded through the sport.
~ Meghan O'Rourke
I prefer just a women's race. It's a totally different game mentally.
~ Paula Radcliffe
Men generally do not see women as competition.
~ Siri Hustvedt
Once upon a time, there were only three or four dominant women. Now, there are 10 to 15 who can vie for a Grand Slam.
~ Stephane Simian
We're following the evolution of tennis. On the women's side, there has been a very positive change, with the arrival of many new stars.
~ Stephane Simian
Tennis is interesting because the women are almost more popular than the men. In the U.S. Open, women even get exactly the same money as the men.
~ Summer Sanders
Bruce Benedict is so slow he'd finish third in a race with a pregnant woman.
~ Tommy Lasorda
The violence between women is unbelievable...women try to make each other crawl so that their knees are bleeding.
~ Tori Amos
America is now wholly given over to a damned mob of scribbling women, and I should have no chance of success while the public taste is occupied with their trash.
~ Nathaniel Hawthorne
It is foolish for the moon to compete with the sun for the spotlight.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Don't ever compliment me by insulting other women. That's not a compliment, it's a competition none of us agreed to.
~ Anonymous
Understandably she had a lot of suitors, just like any other girls in China with two arms and legs.
~ Vann Chow, Shanghai Nobody
Women most often have a difficult enemy and she is a woman and not a man.
~ Debasish Mridha