Quotes About Competition

A lot of people came into the airline business. Most of them promptly exited, minus their money.

Tennis is like marrying for money. Love means nothing.

Wealth is only a benefit of the game of money. If you win, the money will be there.

If I had been playing for money I would have complained a long time ago that I was underpaid.

The way to get things done is to stimulate competition. I do not mean in a sordid, money-getting way, but in the desire to excel.

This would have been a great game to watch if we didn't have any money on it.

Whatever will bring in the most money will happen.

We are going as fast as we can as soon as we can. We're in a race against time, until we run out of money.

In a society dominated by the fact of commercial competition, money is necessarily the test of prowess, and wastefulness the sole criterion of power.

When I was young, it wasn't about the money, it wasn't about the fame and fortune, it was about playing football.

I love stirring the pot. I love giving big companies a run for their money - especially if they're offering expensive, poor-quality products.

You cannot have companies where many of the largest ones lose money indefinitely without someone finally waving the white flag, and IBM is the most recent example of that.

Unlike my grandfather or my brother, I've actually been able to make some money at a racetrack.

In three years, every product my company makes will be obsolete. The only question is whether we will make them obsolete or somebody else will.

For guys playing sports at a high level, for money, I can't put my finger on it, but in a man's world of sport, there is something visceral to beating another man.

Chess is so interesting in itself, as not to need the view of gain to induce engaging in it; and thence it is never played for money

He's a machine for competitive balance, ... Yes, the money is in New York. Yes, the money is in his hands. But he squanders money. Thank God for it.

If you're 70th or 80th on the money list, it's not very motivating.

Hitting is the most important part of the game. It is where the big money is, where much of the status is, and the fan interest.

It's nice to have the opportunity to play for so much money, but it's nicer to win it.

At NIH, what tends to happen is that the proven researchers tend to get the money. New researchers, younger researchers, or people on the cutting edge don't get the money until they have gray beards.

You hope your buddies will win so you don't have to loan them any money.

Global warming competes with cancer and competes with AIDS for a finite amount of money. Nobody ever won that fight by saying: My issue isn't important.

The pain of losing is diverting. So is the thrill of winning. Winning, however, is lonelier, as those you've won money from are not likely to commiserate with you. Winning takes getting used to.