Quotes About Competition

Don't hate the player, hate the game.

The reason that the invisible hand often seems invisible is that it is often not there.

If athletes could think of SM as sports, they'd understand the acceptance of pain, but they'd always want to know who was winning.

To be in the game, but not playing with the intent to win, is to be the enemy.

People ask me all the time, 'Are you fed up with reality TV?' At the end of the day, it can affect my career in the sense that the more reality shows there are, the less scripted dramas out there, but I can't ever really knock them. I started on 'Popstars ' which was a reality talent show. I have respect for them.

Precision of thought comes from a tranquil mindset. A presenter can have a competitive edge if they are unmoved by the jabs and provocations that are directed at them"

Yeah,' he said with slow satisfaction. 'You need it bad. Worse than I do.' I gasped, 'Is it a competition? What do I win?' 'Shh. Turn off for a few seconds, Adrien.' 'A few seconds? Is that all it's--' I caught my breath as his finger moved knowledgeably, unerringly. 'There's the off button,' he murmured.

High school, college, the office, evil cults, everywhere you go, there's that social hierarchy to contend with.

The weakness of an art is its dogma. And when I'm competing against an individual from a different discipline, I try to find the dogma of that discipline. When I'm competing with someone within a discipline, I try to find their personal dogma.

One of the most critical strengths of a superior competitor in any discipline—whether we are speaking about sports, business negotiations, or even presidential debates—is the ability to dictate the tone of the battle.

The secret is that everything is always on the line. The more present we are at practice, the more present we will be in competition, in the boardroom, at the exam, the operating table, the big stage. If we have any hope of attaining excellence, let alone of showing what we've got under pressure, we have to be prepared by a lifestyle of reinforcement. Presence must be like breathing.

He landed on cheap shot, but I knocked him out of the tournament.

At the highest levels of any kind of competitive discipline, everyone is great. At this point the decisive factor is rarely who knows more, but who dictates the tone of the battle. For this reason, almost without exception, champions are specialists whose styles emerge from profound awareness of their unique strengths, and who are exceedingly skilled at guiding the battle in that direction.

In Phoenix, they were called illegal aliens and pegged as criminals. They were alternately viewed as American, Mexican, or neither. Now, for a moment, they were simply teenagers at a robotics competition by the ocean.

Many memory techniques involve creating unforgettable imagery, in your mind's eye. That's an act of imagination. Creating really weird imagery really quickly was the most fun part of my training to compete in the U.S. Memory Competition.

infinite games are constantly adjusted so that both players can remain standing.

Were all gentlemen so competitive that they wanted to win, regardless of the prize?

A bevy of lovely ladies was in attendance, not one among them failing to make herself pleasant to Royce. He bore it all with good humor and occasional flashes of real interest in, Joanna noted, the bolder among them. A few drifted in Alex's direction but his obvious attentiveness to her seemed to discourage them. As it had damn well better.

Enemies keep you alert, competitive, and friendships lull you into mediocrity, and through peer pressure, keep you back and down, and eventually, down and out. Some of the most excellent friends I knew in my hometown became alcoholics, and true enough, they are fun to talk with, telling jokes and anecdotes, but they sacrificed their lives to their friendships, proving that they were fun, that they were not betraying friends by leaving hometown for large cities and countries and professions.

Boxing has become America's tragic theater.

Esta imprevisibilidad de la evolución indica que nada está escrito de antemano, que todo es posible. Muestra que el grupo biológico más floreciente puede extinguirse a causa de cambios en el medio físico o por culpa de la competencia con otros grupos de organismos. Ninguna forma de vida puede considerarse superior a las demás, porque ninguna está a salvo de la hecatombe.

The driver of a racing car is a component. When I first began, I used to grip the steering wheel firmly, and I changed gear so hard that I damaged my hand.

Te cansarás primero que yo. Llegaré a donde quieres llegar antes que tú estés allí -dijo el que iba detrás de él-. Me sé de memoria tus intenciones, quién eres y de dónde eres y adónde vas. Llegaré antes que tú llegues.

I am pleased to know Winston is no longer competing to win your heart. That is one job I do not want to share with any other man.