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Quotes About Competition

Andar no es un deporte. El deporte es una cuestión de técnicas y de reglas, de resultados y de competición, y todo ello requiere un largo aprendizaje: conocer las posiciones, dominar los gestos adecuados. Y, mucho después, vienen la improvisación y el talento.
~ Frédéric Gros
Children are the most desirable opponents at scrabble as they are both easy to beat and fun to cheat.
~ Fran Lebowitz
Nothing is more difficult than competing with myth
~ Françoise Giroud
People were animals, and animals were nothing but teeth. You bit first, and you bit often. That was the only way to survive.
~ Frances Hardinge
Gravelip, a young, slight footman with a pocked nose and large ears, obediently gave a smile like toothache. He seemed less than delighted to have outpaced his friends in the ugliness race.
~ Frances Hardinge
Some say the favor of the Grand Steward is double-edged. They are wrong. It is all edge, and everybody knows it, and still all the courtiers spend their every waking moment clutching at it and bleeding.
~ Frances Hardinge
Companies] mistook a lack of competition for success.
~ Frances McCall Rosenbluth
The desire to hit a big home run is dominating the music business.
~ Billy Corgan
In order to compete with God for the dominion of the world, Satan, whom Christ called "the prince of this world," was forced to go into the "religion" business.
~ Billy Graham
I don't think it's changed that much. A lot of people talk about the change, but to me, everything changes, teams change, one year it's the Celtics, next year it's Philadelphia. It changes all the time.... [But] it's still basketball. The games are played different ways. Coaches influence a lot of it. But overall I think it's a great game and I still love it.
~ bird larry ii
It's easy for me to say, 'Our era is the best, and I was the best,' and all that. But in my mind, I think we could compete and do really well, but you never know until you're out there. And I say that because I played against guys that I thought were really good when I came in the league, and after playing against those guys I'd say, 'Well, he's not that good.'
~ bird larry ii
I love the game now, I like where it's at. I like where it's going. A lot of people say, 'Well, they don't have to guard, you can't touch anybody.' Well, yeah, that makes a difference because you can show everybody your skills.
~ bird larry ii
It's time for which one of us is Hikaru-kun game!
~ Bisco Hatori
its time for the which one is Hikaru-kun game!
~ Bisco Hatori
No, no. I was on America's Top Model. It was good. Yeah, I was up there, I wore a dress. It was awesome.
~ Blake Lewis
You can't build a small giant if you're in an industry where your success depends on how big your company becomes.
~ Bo Burlingham
The notion that bigger—and more—is better has so pervaded our culture that most people assume all entrepreneurs want to capitalize on every business opportunity, grow their companies as fast as they can, and build the next Google or Facebook.
~ Bo Burlingham
Some people have suggested that we have some young male models on the show. But I think that's a terrible idea. I don't want some young guy back here attracting all the attention. I want people looking at me.
~ Bob Barker
Why should I pay attention to prices? I can't win.
~ Bob Barker
Come on down! You're the next contestant on "The Price is Right."
~ Bob Barker
People always like to win prizes.
~ Bob Barker
Sympathy is something that shouldn't be bestowed upon the Yankees. Apparently it angers them.
~ Bob Feller
Baseball is only a game, a game of inches and a lot of luck. During a time of all-out war, sports are very insignificant.
~ Bob Feller
Red Sox fans will always remember Game 4 for three big moments: (1) Dave Roberts's ninth-inning stolen base; (2) Bill Mueller's single that tied the game; and (3) David Ortiz's 12th-inning home run that won it.
~ Bob Halloran