Quotes About Competition

I think it would be bad for storytellers in general if one company was able to seize a 40-50-60% share in storytelling. I don't think monopoly market shares are good for society, and I think they'd be particularly bad for society and storytellers if they were achieved in the storytelling genre.

I don't think 'Call Of Duty: Black Ops' sells 25 million plus copies and makes of a billion dollars because of their great storytelling. It's the multiplayer aspect of that type of game, where people get together to shoot each other and have fun. And it's very much gameplay; it's like 'Gran Turismo' or one of these racing games.

And there goes Juantorena down the back straight, opening his legs and showing his class.

I would lose straight away if I went on 'American Idol.'

When you lose a game, there's obviously disappointment, and you want a game straight away.

I've never been the straight rapper that is going to stand in a cipher and battle all day. I started off battle rapping, but to me, making songs became more important than freestyles... I've met many rappers who can freestyle but can't make a record.

Pool, it became clear to me, is all about angles. First, there are simple angles, as you must hit the cue ball to either side when you are not straight on.

'Celebrity Apprentice' has more integrity and is the most straightforward show I've ever seen.

I really like live football. I like the English style, which is very straightforward.

What breaks capitalism, all that will ever break capitalism, is capitalists. The faster they run the more strain on their heart.

All real capitalisms are impure hybrids, mongrels mixed with other strains.

It sounds strange to say, but someone's bad luck is sometimes the happiness of the other.

This is a strange game.

The strange thing about the Olympics is that delivering on your potential is always quite difficult.

Wonderful characters rotate around and through bookshops on a daily basis, competing with and possibly even triumphing over fiction when it comes to entertainment, strangeness and inspiration.

As a global disrupter, Uber is no stranger to conflict, and its instinct has always been pugilistic.

I embrace my rival, but only to strangle him.

Intellectual-property rules are clearly necessary to spur innovation: if every invention could be stolen, or every new drug immediately copied, few people would invest in innovation. But too much protection can strangle competition and can limit what economists call 'incremental innovation' - innovations that build, in some way, on others.

There are at least three kinds of advantages that the pitcher and batter contest. There's the physical advantage, the strategic advantage, and also the psychological advantage. I didn't want two out of three. I wanted them all.

We may be a little bit late - we are late - coming to the recognition that we are in a strategic competition with China.

Microsoft, Apple, Facebook all bought huge patent portfolios to further their strategic game. They're doing what I'm doing!

The reality is the three gulf carriers - Emirates, Qatar and Etihad - are forces with which to be reckoned. Strategic investments by co-operative governments have given them large fleets and huge airports. They have created a flourishing environment while established carriers languish.

It's best to keep a strategic fight and try to win because the level of the sport is so high.

The biggest challenge is clearly China, in the years 2035 and beyond. I mean, the size of the country, its economy, and everything - they're - it is a big strategic competitor for the entire Department of Defense and country.