Quotes About Competition

If we're going to stay competitive in a globalised economy, everyone's got to be able to perform at the top of their game.

The aim of states is to be the biggest and baddest dude on the block because if you're the biggest and baddest dude on the block, then it is highly unlikely that any other state will challenge you simply because you're so powerful.

In war, resources lead to success: in business, success leads to resources. This is a fundamental difference between the processes of war and competition.

becomes a competitive advantage when it

organisers of weight-guessing competitions and advisers helping people to refine their guesses.

To the connected and ruthless flow the spoils. -From Counternarratives

First we had the legs race. Then we had the arms race. Now we're going to have the brain race. And, if we're lucky, the final stage will be the human race.

UNFAIR Term applied to advantages enjoyed by other people which we tried to cheat them out of and didnt manage.

The rush is there and my body tingles. Sounds funny but it's true. It's better than shafting a bird. Better than speeding. Mark's head is a mess but the bleeding has stopped. My knuckles are bruised and Rod's eyes have gone a bit mental looking. We join the crush trying to get into the ground and we can hear the constant chant of CHELSEA. This is what life's all about. Tottenham away. Love it.

Having too expensive a currency can cause severe economic problems, which has been the case in many sectors of the Australian economy: the Australian dollar, its strength boosted by COMMODITY wealth, was so highly valued that it devastated the country's retail sector – it was so easy to buy stuff from abroad using super-charged Australian dollars that local shops found it near-impossible to compete.

He had a simple maxim for all competitive or adversarial situations: work out what the other party least wants you to do, and then do it. Relieving your feelings was fun, but the best course of action was to make things as difficult as possible for the person trying to make things difficult for you.

Baseball happens to be a game of cumulative tension but football, basketball and hockey are played with hand grenades and machine guns.

Almost any domestic cat can run faster than Usain Bolt.

Cupid and my Campaspe playedAt cards for kisses: Cupid paid.

The only yardstick for success our society has is being a champion. No one remembers anything else.

That's the biggest gap in sports, the difference between the winner and the loser of the Super Bowl.

You got one guy going boom, one guy going whack, and one guy not getting in the endzone.

at the end of the game the team with the most points on the board is going to win.

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

Every day you guys look worse and worse. And today you played like tomorrow.

He played the king as if afraid someone else would play the ace.

It was as if Chang had read right through me: He's lost a step. He can't get back fast enough. The helplessness was terrible. However, I still took pride in the fact that opponents—even the young bucks—were always very up when they played me. Maybe I was a notch in their belts; maybe they felt, This guy's a prick; I'll show him. I like to think it was because I was a great champion.

Connors always had the ability to turn his anger on and off, which amazed me. I was a one-way street—mad, madder, and maddest. There must have been thousands of times, in tense situations, when a joke was on the tip of my tongue, and instead of saying something funny, I'd just let loose.

The final score was 6–4, 6–2, 6–3. I gave young Andre a hug at the net, and said, "Why did you listen so well?