Quotes About Competition

The world of academia was like a fourteenth-century Florence, riven with internecine strife, internal politics and wordless betrayal.

London eats up pretty girls, you know...

If you want to win her hand, Let the maiden understand That she's not the only pebble on the beach.

How can you kill something that never existed? We're all winners in the ovarian derby, yet I never heard anyone crying about the—if you will excuse the biological term—the sperm who were the losers in the race.

Marks usually reward the most docile students, those who conform to their teachers' opinions. There's nothing competitive about learning, it's something everyone does for himself alone.

Everybody wants something at the expense of everybody else and nobody thinks much of the other fellow.

In most of my campaigns, I find it is best not to mention my opponent by name because, by doing so, it just gives him a chance to get into the headlines.

Sure, winning isn't everything. It's the only thing.

If you can't dance then you are a loser.

Experience has shown how deeply the seeds of war are planted by economic rivalry and social injustice.

You count snouts," Straha said. "Whichever side can persuade most snouts to join it prevails. It does not have to be clever. It does not have to be wise. It only needs to be popular.

It's funny, isn't it. You plan for years, play 9 tough games, and then your hopes of a World Cup win and the resultant career-high rest on an hour and a half of T20 equivalent cricket.

Some people think literature is high culture and that it should only have a small readership. I don't think so... I have to compete with popular culture, including TV, magazines, movies and video games.

The jockey never recalls using a whip. The horse never forgets.

I'm probably the only person who goes to work and says 'Wow, it's really nice here and sweet ' even in the competitive movie business.

When we talk about Oscars, it's almost as a symbol of excellence, and the American public and the worldwide public accept that symbol. So, a movie like 'The Artist' that costs $14 million, has to go out and compete with movies that cost $140 million. How does David deal with Goliath?

I later discovered that in order to be a good athlete one must care intensely what is happening with a ball, even if one doesn't have possession of it. This was ultimately my failure: my inability to work up a passion for the location of balls.

He had a three on his forehead. Jay had a seven; Len had the queen of diamonds. Hank a ten, and David the queen of hearts. "Big bet, buddy, for a guy with your card," Len warned him. "Oh, yeah?" John said. "You should fold right now." "You don't say? My quarter is in." "You really should fold," David told John. "You think? I'm pretty sure you shouldn't even have bothered to ante," John told him.

As the tiniest flower in a meadow competes with all the bouquets of your love, I say to you, accept me and our love will grow us into a sun.

Truly?" I turned around, It was Calhoun. "Hey," I said. "Would you like to dance?" My mouth dropped open for the second time that evening. "Uh, sure," I mananged to squeak out. "You snooze, you lose," said Calhoun, his dark eyes gleaming in triumph. This time he wasn't talking to me, though. He was talking to Scooter, who was standing behind us with two cups of punch and a shocked look on his face.

Rivalry of scholars advances wisdom.

Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing. —Vince Lombardi

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