Quotes About Competition

The trouble was, innovation never resulted in victory over the long term. It was too easy for the enemy to imitate and improve on your innovations.

You killed more people than anybody in history.' 'Be the best at whatever you do, that's what my mother always told me.

She could see his reasoning. Or rather, his unreasoning. He could win all he wanted, but he knew in his heart that there was always someone who could destroy him. … "You don't understand", he said. "Yes I do." "No you don't. I don't want to beat Peter." "Then what do you want?" "I want him to love me.

I didn't fight with honor,' Ender added. 'I fought to win.

Orson Scott Card

America has never quite forgiven Europe for having been discovered somewhat earlier in history than itself.

Every effect that one produces gives one an enemy. To be popular one must be a mediocrity.

Bad artists always admire each others work.

Time is jealous of you, and wars against your lilies and your roses.

I don't see you holdin no aces.

the only thing worse than losing is not playing. I

the only thing worse than losing is not playing

Men are born for games. Nothing else. Every child knows that play is nobler than work. He

If we set up a system that makes people compete for acknowledgement, we invite game-playing and states-fiddling, even unhealthy stuff like working stupid hours to beat everyone. A crew full of unhappy people doing substandard work. If you build systems that make people focus on mastery, cooperation, and better work, we'll have a beautiful inn full of happy people working together well.

the American worker's enemy isn't the Mexican worker, it's the auto manufacturer who screws both of them.

There's no bullshit more self-serving than the idea that you're a precious snowflake, irreplaceable and deserving to be treated like a thoroughbred, when there are ten more just like you who'd do your job every bit as well.

If a blind, three-legged racehorse named "Next Stop: Glue Factory" were racing down at the Fort Erie track, you can bet Lex Galbraith would've bet his life savings on the nose of that nag.

A reality show isn't unlike the Nobel Peace Prize, then," Mr. Bennet said. "In that they both require nominations.

What kind of a world was it where in order to be on top you had to push others under — as if you were pushing heads down underwater — and hold them there until they drowned, and then you could be on top.

Yes there were two great groups of dogs wrangling for the bitching-goddess: the group of the flatterers, those who offered her amusement, stories, films, plays: and the other, much less showy, much more savage breed, those who gave her meat, the real substance of money. The well-groomed showy dogs of amusement wrangled and snarled among themselves for the favors of the bitch-goddess. But it was nothing to the silent fight-to-the-death that went on among the indispensables, the bone-bringers.

For in the Land of the Free, the greatest delight of every man is in getting the better of the other man.

and I knew better than I had ever known before, knew with all the reluctant certainty of a broken heart, that the intimate affection of a husband—and perhaps even the innocent love of a child—could never compete with the thrill she got from the adulation of strangers.

Instead of engaging in cutthroat competition, we should strive to create value. In economic terms, this means a transition from a consumer economy - the mad rush for ownership and consumption - to a constructive economy where all human beings can participate in the act of creating lasting worth.

That is what every successful person loves: the game. The chance for self-expression. The chance to prove his or her worth, to excel, to win.