Quotes About Competition

There is nothing the state can do, and which society needs done, that cannot be done far better by the market.

Sports are a microcosm of society.

The place of chess in the society is closely related to the attitude of young people towards our game.

There is, in a competitive society, nobody who can exercise even a fraction of the power which a socialist planning board would possess.

Private Property, the Law of Accumulation of Wealth, and the Law of Competition... these are the highest results of human experience, the soil in which society so far has produced the best fruit.

To me, the decathlon is its own little society and I am part of that culture.

In a capitalistic society the losers slaved for the winners and you have to have more losers than winners.

The real problem is that the way that power is given out in our society pits us against each other.

The wonder of a free-market society is that we can all do our best to package our message in an entertaining fashion and present it - and then everybody votes with their footsteps.

Cooperation over competition. If the world simply sees this statement, together we can begin our exploration of it. Simply seeing it is enough to create change.

There's always the threat of "spiritual one-up-manship" that we must avoid.

I never realized it was all a game, until I started winning.

The reason I think I'm a good pitcher is I locate my fastball and I change speeds. Period. That's what you do to pitch. That's what pitchers have to do to win games

Fighting is a sport; if you're not humble it's going to bring humbleness to you.

The rivalry is huge between South Carolina and Clemson. It's major bragging rights; one of the most intense things I've been a part of.

I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself.

This is the greatest thing about sports - you play to win the game. Hello? You don't play to just play it. When you start telling me it doesn't matter, then retire, get out, because it matters.

Thats the beauty of sport. Sometimes you laugh, sometimes you cry

There are only two types of player-those who keep their nerves under control and win championships, and those who do not.

Wrestlers Compete as Individuals, Yet the Sport Builds Comradery Like No Other.

These young guys are playing checkers. I'm out there playing chess.

Handball, swimming, running, jumping, basketball, and boxing were as much a part of me as breathing.

If winning isn't everything, why do they keep score?

I became a good pitcher when I stopped trying to make them miss the ball and started trying to make them hit it.