Quotes About Competition

She agreed with Mark Twain that golf was a "good walk spoiled.

The curve seems to be imprinted on us as a way to repurpose us for a changing role in society as we age, a role that is less about ambition and competition, and more about connection and compassion.

we care about money not so much because of what it buys as because of where it ranks us among our peers.

I wouldn't date an actress. There's only room for one actor in my life and I'm it. Too difficult. On the one hand, they understand the job. But on the other hand, it's very competitive within the relationship. Two actors, say one becomes a mega-star and the other doesn't.

Aronian made the interesting point that if I could force a passed a-pawn I might have winning chances

That is why the market and the state, the fields of economics and politics are arenas of competition, while morality is the arena of cooperation. A society with only competition and very limited cooperation will be abrasive and ruthless, with glittering prizes for the winners and no consolation for the losers.

cooperation is as necessary as competition, that cooperation depends on trust, that trust requires justice, and that justice itself is incomplete without forgiveness. Morality is not simply what we choose it to be. It is part of the basic fabric of the universe, revealed to us by the universe's Creator, long ago.

Well,' Lockwood said, "if you judge success by the number of enemies you make, that was a highly successful evening.

I had a chance at him now. Things were a bit more even. He knew my name, I knew his. He had six years' experience, I had five thousand and ten. That was the kind of odds that you could do something with.

War! that mad game the world so loves to play.

Hobbes clearly proves that every creatureLives in a state of war by nature.

The women look each other over as they chat, measuring thighs, bellies, hips, and asses, taking into account body types and recent pregnancies. They silently evaluate and pass judgment, realigning themselves in the pecking order. It's a brutal business, being a woman.

Behind every sucessful person lies a pack of haters

And Imma show em. Blow em out the water slaughter em homes. Imma own so many belts. Only place they can hit me is below em.

If I was as half as good as I was. I'm still twice as good as you'll ever be.

I'm not a big sports fan, but I love it when they 'slam dunk.' That's sexy.

A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kickboxing.

My computer beat me at checkers, but I sure beat it at kickboxing.

He who conquers is not the victor unless the loser considers himself beaten (qui vincit non est victor nisi victus fatebur).

Vedete», disse Fonardi senza senza badargli, «il calcio da queste parti è un carnevale di maglie allegre che nasconde la realtà di un Paese dove bianchi e neri godono di opportunità molto diverse. Per questo è importante che squadre come il San Giorgio o noialtri possiamo competere in Serie Africa contro i club di soli bianchi. Il terreno da calcio, qui, è l'unico posto dove si può proporre una società diversa, dove il razzismo sarà solo un brutto ricordo.»

?lerlemek istiyorsan küçük çevrendeki, küçük ç?karlarla zaman kaybetme. Kafan? kald?r, en iyilere bak; gücün yetiyorsa onlarla yar??, yetmiyorsa onlar? taklit et.

Jugamos tres partidas, las cuales ganó Holmes, como siempre, pues su extraordinaria habilidad manual le permitía cambiar las fichas de casilla cuando le daba la gana, sin que lo advirtiese, y yo me armaba unos líos como para nombrar abogado.

en la lucha por el poder y el dinero sólo juegan limpios los perdedores.

bien sabemos tú y yo que en la lucha por el poder y el dinero sólo juegan limpios los perdedores.