Compete Quotes

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.

Then I received support from the Government to compete for my country, and to represent Cuba in competition.

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

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 say no to a lot of things that just don't fit my life. I involve my kids in what I'm struggling with so they don't compete with it.

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.

The desire to really compete again has been there for a long time.

When you compete with Wal-Mart, even if you think you've found a niche don't ever become complacent.

If all goes well and my body reacts well, and I feel I have a good high level to compete amongst the best then I'll come back and play.

When we talk about Oscars, it's almost as a symbol of excellence, and the American public and the worldwide public accept that symbol. So, a movie like 'The Artist' that costs $14 million, has to go out and compete with movies that cost $140 million. How does David deal with Goliath?

As long as a house is like yours, and as long as you work together with your brothers, not a house in the world will be able to compete with you, to cause you harm or to take advantage of you, for together you can undertake and perform more than any house in the world.

Steroids can seem necessary to compete at the highest levels, and the quick rewards can outweigh the long term consequences to the user's health.

I become more seasoned, it's less interesting to try and compete in the pop market.

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.

I don't think we can go back to the old days. But I think that what the government needs to do is it needs to make sure that the pricing is fair, that you don't have monopolies out there, so that people don't have a chance to compete fairly.

South Africa has all the tools to compete in the new global village - an eager workforce, ready to take on any challenge.

If the world operates as one big market, every employee will compete with every person anywhere in the world who is capable of doing the same job. There are lots of them and many of them are hungry.

I don't compete with other discus throwers. I compete with my own history.

If anybody reads a story in a magazine or book, different pictures compete in their minds.

It's been very hard for the guitar as a serious synthesizer to compete with keyboards.

I wear my Peggy Fleming T-shirt when I go to sleep every night before I compete, and for the past four years, it's brought me incredible good luck.

The players have competed on the level the last 25 or 30 years are always going to be the players that compete at a high level. These guys practice hard, they work on their game, they still hit the ball extremely well.

When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.

Unfair trade agreements, passed by both Republicans and Democrats, have sent millions of jobs to other countries. We need to stop this hemorrhaging and find ways for American workers to compete in the new market.

Privatization of the state-owned economy is not yet on the agenda. We cannot do it immediately; my colleagues would not agree to it. But we must put all forms of ownership on an equal footing immediately and let different types of ownership compete with the state firms.