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Quotes About Competition

I would not have an event before the majors. I would build them up. It very rarely happens that a player plays the week before, wins the event, and then goes on to win the slam.
~ John McEnroe
I don't believe you name a starter until the starter wins the team.
~ Nick Saban
You're either on the Republican team or the Democratic team, and all that matters is that your team wins. Judging by history, regardless of which team wins, the people always lose.
~ Steven Van Zandt
It's not always about wins and losses, but winning two Survivor Series matches is something I will never forget.
~ Dolph Ziggler
You go into each game looking to win. We're not looking at wins or losses because it proves something as a team. We go into every game trying to get better. As long as you compete, we're gonna play our hearts out; we're improving every day.
~ Zach LaVine
There are lots of come-from-behind wins, games getting tied in the last period, teams going on to win. That, I think, tells the best story. Whether or not some teams have more grit, better chemistry, or more luck or more skill, it's still within the parameters. I think that makes for great storytelling and great interest for our fans.
~ Gary Bettman
I've played in small markets; I've played in big markets. For me, basketball is inside the arena. It doesn't recognize what market you're in. It's about wins and losses, and that's the way I approach it.
~ Jason Kidd
Whoever wins MVP, whoever wins whatever those awards are, that's not my decision.
~ Ezekiel Elliott
Irrespective of whether Anil Kumble is the coach or Ravi Shastri, what's more important is that India wins.
~ Gautam Gambhir
People tend to think about trade as if it's competition between companies - if Apple wins, Google loses. But that's false. Trade makes nations better off in general. Now, I want to be clear. I'm not saying that everything about trade is good and beneficial. Trade also has costs.
~ David Autor
If you write a good line, you write a good line, and the best line wins in television. It doesn't matter if you're the guy who gets the coffee or if you're the showrunner - best line wins. That's the beauty of television collaboration.
~ Julie Plec
When you have tools with which to stalk everyone all the time, the most seemingly aloof person wins.
~ Mary H.K. Choi
It's a very complex sport, so judging is going to be very complex, too. And not everyone is going to agree all the time on who wins a fight.
~ Chuck Liddell
I'm just a basketball player going out there and trying to get wins.
~ Anthony Bennett
Talent is what wins games.
~ Shannon Sharpe
If the first entrant always wins the market, the Dreamcast must have won the race against the PS2, for example. There are many precedents like that in the past. The first to market is not necessarily the winner in the race.
~ Satoru Iwata
As a drag flicker, I have always strived that my team wins and comes on top.
~ Sandeep Singh
One of the most bitter complaints of craft brewers is that big beer wins consumers by introducing beers whose names resemble the names of actual independent beers. After New Belgium came out with a popular beer called Sunshine Wheat, MillerCoors, through its Leinenkugel brand, came out with a beer called Sunset Wheat.
~ Elizabeth Flock
You have to learn to be a healthy competitor, winning or losing. Because there can be a lot more losses than there are wins.
~ Glen Powell
It's a mystery coming out each and every game to try and figure out how a team is going to guard me and how I'm going to dictate how my team wins.
~ Trae Young
Evolutionary science kind of bears that out: When species are rivals and competing for space and resources, the superior one wins. Nature has no compunction about that; it just is.
~ Mark Pellegrino
Sometimes in the Champions League, I don't think it's always the best team that wins it. It depends on how you play on a certain day.
~ Ashley Cole
Tottenham is not a club that always wins, but we are trying to create something. It's not easy to fight against European monsters, but it is a motivation.
~ Hugo Lloris
Obviously, people say offense wins games, defenses win championships. But I think, at the end of the day, if you score more points than the other team, you're going to win.
~ Sam Darnold