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Quotes About Competition

You have a place to live in this world which no other man can occupy; hence no competitors.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
For playing a man to a square to which it cannot be legally moved, the adversary, at his option, may require him to move the man legally, or to move the King.
~ Howard Staunton
Everything that anyone respects is what men naturally excel at: fighting, accruing wealth, playing at power.
~ Janet Morris
The man who accepts the laissez-faire doctrine would allow his garden to grow wild so that roses might fight it out with the weeds and the fittest might survive.
~ John Ruskin
A lot of panel programmes rely on men topping each other, or sparring with each other, which is not generally a very female thing.
~ Victoria Wood
Football is a violent game. We are violent men.
~ Will Shields
People have a crab mentality, man. They're walking sideways.
~ Cody Wilson
We exaggerate the glory of some men in order to detract from that of others.
~ Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The combative instinct is a savage prompting by which one man's good is found in another's evil.
~ George Santayana
Cooking today is a young man's game, I don't give a bollocks what anyone says.
~ Gordon Ramsay
It's a game everybody plays. If you see a man with a beard and holler "Beaver!" it's five points. And if you see a man with a moustache, it's onlI three points.
~ Gracie Allen
International soccer has been a big part of my love for the sport. I love the Men's National Team. I can say that they're my favorite sports team.
~ Drew Carey
Every day, man is making bigger and better fool-proof things, and every day, nature is making bigger and better fools. So far, I think nature is winning.
~ Albert Einstein
When women finally get liberated, they'll do the same that men do - dog eat dog - that's what our culture is.
~ Alice Neel
Women hate each other in science. You know why? Because the few that are around were trained by men. They survived by being twice as good and twice as competitive and twice as badass as the guys.
~ Allegra Goodman
All history is just one man trying to take something away from another man, and usually it doesn't really belong to either of them.
~ Andrew Davidson
I'm not the savior of men's tennis in America. I'm just a kid trying to win a few matches.
~ Andy Roddick
I've never known a man to be beaten fairly, nor one to be elected, unfairly.
~ Anne Ellis
Men who love themselves hate those who would dim their glory.
~ Anthony Ryan
I would say probably my most alpha quality is my competitive nature. I'm very competitive, and it tends to bring out very much the man in me.
~ Ashton Kutcher
I just hope bluegrass entertainers take care of their music and take care of their fans. If you don't practice, the man next door who is practicing will beat you.
~ Bill Monroe
There is absolutely no way the best team in the NCAA could even dream of beating the worst team in the NBA? You're talking about men vs. boys.
~ Bill Walton
I ruined my hands in the ring. The referee kept stepping on them.
~ Bob Hope
Hey, man, I toss a stick for a living. Gotta spice up that deal, y'know. Gotta stand out.
~ Breaux Greer