Quotes about Competition
You'll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him.
- Lou Holtz
Here's my strategy on the Cold War: We win, they lose.
- Ronald Reagan
It was a great game if you don't care who won. I cared.
- Lou Holtz
Basketball is the worst sport. They need to raise the basket at least two feet.
- WP Kinsella
In a race, sooner or later there's a moment that separates the winner from those who don't win. That instant is your chance, the moment you've been waiting for.
- Seth Godin
Winning isn't everything--but wanting to win is.
- Vince Lombardi Jr.
I've observed that if individuals who prevail in a highly competitive environment have any one thing in common besides success, it is failure—and their ability to overcome it.
- Bill Walsh
Our culture says that ruthless competition is the key to success. Jesus says that ruthless compassion is the purpose of our journey.
- Brennan Manning
First-class players lose to second-class players because second-class players sometimes play a first-class game.
- Siegbert Tarrasch
If a man can write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a better mousetrap than his neighbor, though he build his house in the woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
When you've got 10,000 people trying to do the same thing, why would you want to be number 10,001?
- Mark Cuban
Being Number One isn't everything to me, but for those few hours on the court it's way ahead of whatever's in second place.
- Billie Jean King