Quotes about Competition

Rather than compete for what was never meant for you . . . you would have the energy to discover what is yours.

There's always the threat of "spiritual one-up-manship" that we must avoid.

You might not be able to outthink, outmarket or outspend your competition, but you can outwork them.

My workout was running down fly balls, stealing a base, or running for my life on the football field.

Football: A sport that bears the same relation to education that bullfighting does to agriculture.

To go into a competition and not strive to win is to be a dishonest competitor.

It is no accident that capitalism has brought with it progress not merely in production but also in knowledge. Egoism and competition are, alas, stronger forces than public spirit and sense of duty.

You won't lag behind, because you'll have the speed. You'll pass the whole gang and you'll soon take the lead. Wherever you fly, you'll be best of the best. Wherever you go, you will top all the rest. Except when you don't. Because, sometimes, you won't.

MY greatest regret in life is that I never became the heavyweight boxing champion ofthe world.

Real learning comes about when the competitive spirit has ceased.

Law: the only game where the best players get to sit on the bench.

At a European auto show, I had someone from a German car company come up to me and say the Karma should cost $125,000, not $87,900, but our development process lets us lower the costs. I guarantee it's profitable.