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Quotes About Competition

You should learn from your competitor, but never copy. Copy and you die.
~ Jack Ma
Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best; it removes all that is base. All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood.
~ George S. Patton
You can be the moon and still be jealous of the stars.
~ Gary Allan
"Success is the one unpardonable sin against one's fellows."
~ Ambrose Bierce
When I was growing up, my parents told me, 'Finish your dinner. People in China and India are starving.' I tell my daughters, 'Finish your homework. People in India and China are starving for your job.'
~ Thomas Friedman
Perfect score is always something to strive for. I want to win and I want to succeed no matter what.
~ Andrea Yung
Sisterhood is powerful. Woman can support each other as women, in their pursuit for enlightenment or anything else, without fear. But as long as she's still in the commodities exchange market, buying and selling, she must fear the competition.
~ Frederick Lenz
Sisters is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are grown, it becomes the strongest relationship.
~ Margaret Mead
It's not just about being better. It's about being different. You need to give people a reason to choose your business.
~ Tom Abbott
One of my school friends' parents owned a minigolf course, and a bunch of us kids would play there all day in the summer. Two-under deuces was a good score.
~ Jack Nicholson
I've always played my best golf in the summer.
~ Keegan Bradley
I suppose I'm happy when I know I've given a horse a good ride, no matter where it is. I like playing golf in the summer; I'm happy when I hit a good shot, and I enjoy watching Arsenal playing beautiful football, but overall I can't believe you can be happy when you're not winning. I honestly can't accept that.
~ Tony McCoy
My true love is with amateur wrestlin;, that's where I was born. I've always wanted to wrestle.
~ Kurt Angle
If you're a true warrior, competition doesn't scare you. It makes you better.
~ Andrew Whitworth
The warrior doesn't care if he's called a beast or a dog; the main thing is winning.
~ Asakura Norikage
Winners have no interest or association in the opinions, actions or affairs of losers.
~ Jeffrey Fry
American Idol transcends age, gender, ethnicity, everything.
~ Carrie Underwood
By doing that and being very competitive, the grown-ups started telling me even back before I started playing organized ball that I was too physical and too advanced for the kids my own age.
~ Bo Jackson
In the information age, it's not just whose army wins, but whose story wins.
~ Joseph Nye
I don't know if this is statistically right, but I'm assuming I have the most Grammys of anyone my age, but I haven't won one against a white person.
~ Kanye West
It's so important for kids to get involved with sports in general at a young age.
~ Lindsey Vonn
In this new, hyper competitive age, none of us, none of us can afford to be complacent.
~ Barack Obama
Age and treachery will always overcome youth and skills.
~ Ioan Gruffudd
Horses and jockeys mature earlier than people - which is why horses are admitted to racetracks at the age of two, and jockeys before they are old enough to shave.
~ Dick Beddoes