Quotes About Competition

The best way to win a game is not to lose it.

The best defense is a good offense.

It doesn't matter what I think. It doesn't matter what other people think. You have to get on the ice and participate and play and the best team wins.

And while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department.

People ask if I regret not winning a Stanley Cup, but winning the series against the Soviet Union was the best. It was the greatest experience of my hockey career by far.

You are not competing with anyone else. You are only competing with yourself to do the best with whatever you have received.

If you're in the best team in the world, you or your teammate have to win.

In any match, there are few critical moments where there's no second best decision. The rest of the moves are intuitive.

Once you play a tournament, you're playing against the golf course, you're playing against yourself and trying to do the best you can.

Be the best, not necessarily the original.

Meeting sports athletes that are the best in the world is a thrill to this day.

Don't be the best in town. Just try to be the best until the best come around.

Why be second best at anything?

The reason I became such a successful athlete was my mind was saying that no matter who you put up against me, I am better, I am the best.

We compete, not so much against an opponent, but against ourselves. The real test is this: Did I make my best effort on every play?

I am the best player in the world, and I am here to prove it.

Surpass the best to be the best

There's a lot of great movies that have won the Academy Award, and a lot of great movies that haven't. You just do the best you can.

Every woman has a different metabolism and different genetics, so rather than compete with one another, concentrate on yourself and be the best you can be.

Never try to be better than somebody else. But most importantly, never cease trying to be the best you can be.

I played for the best coach who ever lived, Henry Iba. I wasn't intimidated by Adolph Rupp.

To be the best you must beat the best.

One of the best things about being an actor is that it's a meritocracy.

But to be the best, you must face the best. And to overcome your fear, you must deal with the best.