Competition Quotes

Pride is an admission of weakness; it secretly fears all competition and dreads all rivals.

Hence we did not foster competition in our school, on the contrary.

I was looking for something like baseball, where there's a lot of data and the competition was pretty low. That's when I discovered politics.

Of course, most people remember that I received the first perfect 10 in Olympic gymnastics competition.

Winning a competition in architecture is a ticket to oblivion. It's just an idea. Ninety-nine per cent never get built.

I'm in competition with myself and I'm losing.

As far as the Jets go, I'm competing to play. It will be a heated competition between Kellen and me, and I'm excited about that; I will do it in a respectful way. I have the utmost respect for him because he's a great player. Whatever's best for team will be best for the team and the coaches will decide.

The Internet is just bringing all kinds of information into the home. There's just a lot of distraction, a lot of competition for the parent's voice to resonate in the children's ears.

The competition I played against was fantastic, but golf is a different game now. The courses have shrunk because the equipment has gotten better. They're hitting the ball 10 to 15 percent farther because of the changes in the golf ball.

There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there.

I got lucky. I won the San Francisco Stand-Up Comedy Competition in 1977 while I was still at San Francisco State.

And I've always - the competition is one aspect of the job, but I think if you're too busy worrying about the competition, you don't focus enough on what you're doing.

I started singing at the Met when I was seven, and the competition was so fierce that it really prepared me.

I think there was a lot competition in the rock scene.

Today, the forces of competition, technology, and globalization have converged to spur innovation and to transform the way business is done in the securities industry.

Of all human powers operating on the affairs of mankind, none is greater than that of competition.

By overhauling current rules and speeding the entry of competitors in the market, we encourage competition and provide our constituents with new choices and cheaper bills.

Running became boring because it's so predictable. I got to a point where I knew what my competition could do.

Competition leads both drug companies and private regulators to be trustworthy. If they are not trustworthy, they die.

This is my future and I will take personal responsibility for making sure all competition requirements are met.

I was on the sideline with a knee injury and when I came back, I wanted to play at the best level I could. And that's the case for a lot of players, they want the chance to play against the best competition.

There is a consensus of willing leaders from both parties coalescing around the right way forward in health care. Reform should address government-imposed inequities and barriers to true choice and competition.

We've outpaced Japan and Europe in creating new jobs, but there's major competition from India and China. It's not enough to make income tax cuts permanent.

When the government allocates monopoly rights to frequency, and there are only a handful in each community, it's picking the winners in the competition.

At the end of the competition, I played the Liszt concerto and I felt my head was on the block. Well, I won.

See, as much as I love the game, golf was my vehicle to competition. And I love to compete.

It was a natural process, because when we go to the ring we are human beings, but once you feel the punches and the competition that's when the beast comes out and takes hold of us.

And what it depends on, of course, is whether the story itself is worth the ethical compromise it requires and whether the competition is onto the story.

I think it's good to have competition. Now we have a third country that can launch astronauts, so it's good for all of us. It makes us a little bit more competitive and wanting to be the leader.

The whole competition thing disturbs me. Not that I wasn't a part of it when I first started.