Compete Quotes

As an example, one of the schools I have been studying is too small to compete effectively in most sports, but participates with vigor each year in the state music contests.

When I was a child, all I wanted was to enter the Austrian team and to compete on the World Cup tour. I had to fight hard to reach this. I wanted badly to win each race.

The difference between the more traditional sports clubs and Congress is that Congress doesn't really compete against another team.

Don't compete with me: firstly, I have more experience, and secondly, I have chosen the weapons.

It takes tremendous will to compete in any athletic endeavor, so it meant going to bed early and getting my homework done in advance. I had to sacrifice things, like a social life, to be a skater at 15. But I loved skating so much that it was worth everything to me.

I think someone should explain to the child that it's OK to make mistakes. That's how we learn. When we compete, we make mistakes.

As an actor, I felt I couldn't compete. I wasn't as cute as the leading man; I wasn't as brilliant as Robin Williams.

I turned down 'Some Like It Hot.' See how smart I am? I felt I couldn't bring anything funny to it. The outfit was funny. I don't need to compete with the wardrobe.

By 'flat' I did not mean that the world is getting equal. I said that more people in more places can now compete, connect and collaborate with equal power and equal tools than ever before. That's why an Indian in Bangalore can take care of the office work of American doctors or read the X-rays of German hospitals.

You know, she was a girl. She was a female. And she wasn't like, trying to compete in a man's world and she wasn't trying to be in a man's position, she was just who she was. And I think that was like, a good thing.

We can't compete with Mel Gibson, but we figured we could do our part.

When entrepreneurs are free to compete, they grow the pie so that everyone's share gets larger.

Having been a cheerleader, I know all too well what these girls give up to join forces and compete.

We've been raised to compete, to want more! More! More! It's a way of life. It's about greed.

Art is the unceasing effort to compete with the beauty of flowers - and never succeeding.

Well, I have concerns about the effectiveness of Europe to compete.

After a few games I knew I was going to be able to compete. The idea of being a star never crossed my mind.

I never want to be called the funniest Indian female comedian that exists. I feel like I can go head-to-head with the best white, male comedy writers that are out there. Why would I want to self-categorize myself into a smaller group than I'm able to compete in?

Our championship committee pledged to review entry conditions and to assess how women golfers might compete on equal terms with men for a place in the Open.

I'm 47 years old. I couldn't compete with Beyonce. I'm not competing with anyone. I've already established myself as an artist. I've been in this business for 30 years. There's no reason for me to compete with anyone.

The important thing in life is not to triumph but to compete.

A political race today, even a primary, is $150 million. The whole political system has become obscene in terms of the absurd amount of money that is required to compete. Just put it on ESPN and call it a sporting event.

I usually eat a pretty big steak the night before I compete.

Markets change, tastes change, so the companies and the individuals who choose to compete in those markets must change.

When I go in to compete, whether it's gymnastics or anything else, I do my own thing. I compete with myself.

The question is what will Mitt Romney do as president if his policy is simply to be hands off and let the government be made so small it can be drowned in a bathtub. In the 21st century global economy, no state alone has the ability to compete against China.

You need to impress me, outwit me, compete with me? Go ahead, knock yourself out, I have no problem with that at all.

The only thing I want to be able to do is come in and learn the offense, go out there and compete, show what I am capable of doing and try to get better as a football player.

Until MTV, television had not been a huge influence on music. To compete with MTV, the country music moguls felt they had to appeal to the same young audience and do it the way MTV did.

I'd been ready too, because before Olympic Games, I wasn't compete in big competition like, World Championship, like European Championship. I just competed in national competition.