Quotes About Competition

I don't look at computers as opponents. For me it is much more interesting to beat humans.

The fact that as the population of any species grows, the pressure on its natural resources increases and competition becomes more severe.

For billions of years, evolution has been driven by competition caused by the simple fact that, left unchecked, all living things can reproduce faster than their environment can sustain

un partido de fútbol, esa forma de guerra más sofisticada, que exige que las ideas lleguen a los pies.

It's a pity that the tennis is really going down the drain. Every year it's getting worse and worse and worse. There has to be a radical change, and I hope it will be really soon.

Perhaps the single most dramatic example of this phenomenon of software eating a traditional business is the suicide of Borders and corresponding rise of Amazon.

Today's leading real-world retailer, Wal-Mart, uses software to power its logistics and distribution capabilities, which it has used to crush its competition.

Our differentiators were ease of use, a business model of shared risk, and low-risk commitment—everything that software was not.

Don't ever let the competition make you angry. You must have clarity of mind to make your own decisions—not the ones that your competitors want you to make.

Because the guerilla tactic of directly leveraging the activities of our competition worked so well, we repeated it and made it one of our marketing strategies.

Our current battle: we have to save the customer from Microsoft, Oracle, and SAP.

certainly, no one in the early days of container shipping foresaw that this American-born industry would come to be dominated by European and Asian firms, as the U.S.-flag ship lines, burdened by a legacy of protected markets and heavy regulation, proved unable to compete in a fast-changing world.

Stores offering credit typically charged higher prices to cover the inevitable credit losses, driving cash-paying customers to chain stores that offered no credit but lower prices.7

You fight to win. Honor, fair play, and nobility are things that you use to wipe your ass with. Second place is in the morgue.

It's over, I won." That's fine and dandy, but most times it isn't true. It isn't the first round that counts; it's the total at the end that decides the winner.

Outside of New York, the sight of someone reading at a bar is rare enough to excite comment; if you're single and aren't in New York and want to meet other people, I'd recommend it as an icebreaking tactic. Don't attempt this in the city itself, though: Your competition will be heavy, and most of the other readers will likely be more attractive and more successful and richer than you.

As soon as jealousy is discovered, it is regarded by the person who is its object as a challenge which justifies deception.

What you do may not be unique, but you are. This is why putting your personality into your brand is so important. You're not in a niche or industry that is without competition. The only difference between you and your competition is your brand.

Too many businesses compete on price when they should be competing on value.

There is scarcely anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse, and sell a little more cheaply. The person who buys on price alone is this man's lawful prey.

fend off any possible competition, stretching to win Iowa's political caucuses, now only eight months

She doesn't love you. She loves herself. I mean, you're not going to be able to compete with that.

Holland's mom would get pissed. She owns Mom's Cafe." "She sure doesn't need the competition," Virgil said. "I ate the worst cheeseburger of my life there about five minutes ago." Skinner winced, and said, "I wouldn't wander too far from a toilet. They got three cooks there; we call them Hepatitis A, B, and C. That burger's gonna hit the bottom of the bucket in one piece, if you know what I mean.

It's a game, you know," he said, testing her. "You can't back off in a game and win. You either go balls to the wall, or somebody takes you out and you're no good anymore.