Quotes About Competition

Bumper sticker: My kid beat the heck out of the student of the month.

When I watch the Olympics I become such an emotional wreck. I've always loved the Olympics, be it the summer or the winter Olympics.

I think you can be happy and still be competitive. A good lesson for everybody is to think a bit before you speak and represent who you really are instead of the brash emotional you.

I like the atmosphere. You can't beat it when you're introduced. I like making a play and hearing the fans scream. I like the physical as well as the emotional aspect, especially when you win.

When I was at Porto my team also played in the UEFA Cup final against a Scottish side - but it was Celtic. I've never seen such emotional people. It was unbelievable!

People tell me that I'm always smilin' on the court. I don't think about it. I just get emotional out there.

Like the alchemist of old, for ever searching for the philosopher's stone, the analyst to-day never stops looking for stronger moves to prevent the defender from establishing equality.

I think the most important thing for any driver is to know that he's getting equality of equipment and priority.

Prison is a Socialist paradise where equality prevails, everything is supplied, and competition is eliminated.

No one enjoys being equal.

Yes, that is the equality of man. Slaughter anybody who is better than you are, and then we shall be equal soon enough. All equally dead.

Sports are a great place to show that equality can happen.

The thing that keeps a business ahead of the competition is excellence in execution.

Good is the enemy of great. That's why so few things become great.

When you begin moving toward excellence, you will find very little competition. You're competing with only 20% of the population.

In today's global economy, however, it is important to raise the bar of excellence even higher. Today's students must be prepared to compete effectively on an international level.

The mediocre always feel as if they're fighting for their lives when confronted by the excellent.

Trying to do well and trying to beat others are two different things. Excellence and victory are conceptually distinct . . . and are experienced differently.

Great rivalries don't have to be built on hatred. They're built on respect, on a respect for excellence.

Competition breeds excellence, including in the GOP race.

People always complain about The Grammys because they're not a pop contest, but they're not supposed to be a pop contest. They're about excellence.

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

Don't compete with me: firstly, I have more experience, and secondly, I have chosen the weapons.

The greatest thing about playing obviously is winning, and you can't replace that experience with anything.