Quotes About Competition

There he stands, draped in more equipment than a telephone lineman, trying to outwit an organism with a brain no bigger than a breadcrumb, and getting licked in the process.

Hunting is not a sport. In a sport, both sides should know they're in the game.

The weak are found out and killed by the strong.

The main benefit of innovation for your organization is not competitive advantage. It is survival.

I don't think the competition's so rough, within the majority of movies made in Hollywood.

You can run a lot of plays when your X is twice as big as the other guys' O. It makes your X's and O's pretty good.

He also has more courage than a man, and more determination. He'll fight for what belongs to him, no matter the size or strength of his rival. If the rival has a drop of cowardice in him, he's dead already." I

Races weren't supposed to be pageants or cocktail parties. They were tests. Hundreds of hours of training came down to a few breathless moments—and only then would anyone know if the animals were ready, which would rise and which would stumble, how the work and the talent would match up to carry this horse through, while that one would be left wearing dust, the jockey ashamed or surprised or full of excuses. There

The animals were like a storm moving whole, and then breaking, every strategy falling away, all caution gone. In the last few furlongs, nothing mattered but legs and length. Dynasty sailed through the final contenders and gained on the favourite, who seemed to stand still for her alone. She ran as if she were flying. As if she were dreaming the win, or winning in someone else's dream. Then her nose was at the tape. The crowd exploded. She'd done it. I

I would show her I wasn't a bit of cobweb in the corner, something to be wiped or straightened, but a rival worth her notice. I would learn her ways and habits, and track her closely until I knew what she was and how to best her, and what precisely it would take to steal my good life back.

I've had a lot of success over the years racing in New York, but the main point is that I feel the marathon is a different event, a lot more my event.

A country where everybody always running from the next body feeling they's better. But mark my words, one of these days they gon all run out of where-to-run. ~ Ulene

A country where everybody always running from the next body feeling they's better. But mark my words, one of these days they gon all run out of where-to-run.

Kettlebells have been rediscovered by a new generation of modern athletes seeking ways to gain an edge over the competition. It's at once both a puzzling and predictable reemergence. Kettlebells have pure Slavic origins and have been at the heart and soul of Russian sport-strength training for more than a century. Regular use of heavy kettlebells develops strength with staying power; call it sustained strength. This type strength makes itself available over an extended period of time.

Sustained strength is different from short-burst strength. Sustained strength is an athletic attribute particularly prized by wrestlers, boxers, mixed martial artists, football, basketball, hockey and lacrosse players. The common thread is participation in athletic events of long duration where last minute flurries make the difference between winning and losing, between 1st and 8th.

This thing is for the game of golf, yeah, but trust me, the Europeans don't have that mentality.

singing and dancing more than nudity. For many years, a 54-year-old woman who went by the stage name Mistinguett had reigned over the Casino as its chief performer, but Varna believed a staged rivalry between the two women would attract more patrons.

When the going got tough, I really had to draw on many of the same competitive instincts I did when I was skating. I really had to put my head down and stay positive. I had to fight.

A penalty is a cowardly way to score.

The ambition should always be to play an elegant game.

There is always someone out there getting better than you by training harder than you.

If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.

In any conflict, the crazier party generally wins.

War is hell," she said. "Do you know why I always beat you, Daddy?" "Tell me." "Because you hate to lose pieces.