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Quotes About Competition

Newfangled online sites like 'Business Insider' and 'Huffington Post' built businesses they later sold for hundreds of millions of dollars by ripping off the work of more talented journalists and then playing Google's digitally native games better than the old fogeys ever could.
~ Adam Lashinsky
When you get to the big leagues, the talent pool is on such a level playing field, you have to find a way to separate yourself from incredibly talented guys. Especially when you go through the injuries that I've had, you come back, and you might not physically be able to do some of the things you used to do.
~ Jake Peavy
Film people can be quite ruthless and tough. I think it's because the industry is filled with talented, driven people chasing nowhere near enough work.
~ Jon Ronson
Competitive sports may be where exercise becomes 'fun' for children who are good at it, but for those who are less talented, it is where exercise becomes not only physically demanding but also emotionally painful and socially humiliating.
~ Naomi Alderman
It's so hard to get into this industry. There are so many people who are so talented, and they never get those opportunities.
~ Georgina Campbell
Competing in junior fencing requires lessons, equipment, and travel that may cost hundreds or even thousands of dollars a month, keeping talented athletes from wielding sabers or masks.
~ Mary Pilon
'SmackDown Live' is a great place with a great roster and many talented superstars.
~ Jinder Mahal
I felt like there were so many talented people who should be getting what I have.
~ Shawn Mendes
I'm aware of the fact that a lot of talented people out there will never get this chance.
~ Brad Paisley
Reality TV finds talented people. There are no scripts. The editing is what it's all about. Great editing makes those shows.
~ Pete Waterman
'American Idol' is such a big platform. It's been on for so many seasons. I went on the show not thinking I was going to make it that far at all because there was so many talented people that auditioned.
~ Jessica Sanchez
With some many talented people around, it is difficult to cut through competition and stand out.
~ Kunal Khemu
Physicists and mathematicians regularly invade other fields but other fields do not invade theirs so we can see which fields are hardest for very talented people.
~ Dominic Cummings
Whatever sport I played - rugby, rowing - there were always naturally talented people who were better than me.
~ Chris Hoy
I know there are many great talents, much more talented than I am, but they haven't been able to achieve what I have.
~ Himesh Reshammiya
I've been with Semperoper Ballet in Dresden, Germany, for five years - I wanted to escape the competitive dance world and go somewhere where I felt appreciated for my talents. Stateside, it was always kind of a struggle. And the competition? Not into it.
~ Sarah Hay
Skiing is always so huge, you need so many talents to be fast and be good at this sport.
~ Tina Maze
Ricky Steamboat was one of the premier talents to ever be in this business and was one of the very best to have ever stepped in the ring.
~ Harley Race
Today, television industry means pool of young talents, and if you are not active in it then there are chances that you will be overshadowed by them. It is like newspaper where old becomes stale.
~ Himani Shivpuri
There are many promotions in Russia, and they are taking Brazilians to fight there. We need to do something about the Brazilian market, make it stronger to produce new fighters. We need new talents competing here, not there. They have no other option but fight outside of Brazil because there are few options here.
~ Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
I'm so proud of each and every student who shared their artistic talents with us as part of the 2021 Congressional Art Competition.
~ Cori Bush
I have no illusions concerning the precarious status of my tales and do not expect to become a serious competitor of my favorite weird authors.
~ H. P. Lovecraft
One of the things you learn in football is that you're only as good as your last outing. I don't like to reflect on what we've done in the past. I'm not a very good storyteller, for one thing. I'd disappoint you. When it's time, I'll talk about the good old days. But it's a sign of old age, reveling in the past.
~ Chuck Noll
On the pitch, I argue, I shout, I talk rubbish and generally do anything I can to get ahead.
~ Luis Suarez