Competition Quotes

The only competition worthy a wise man is with himself.

Our government needs to adopt a pro-market agenda that doesn't pick winners and losers, but it invites competition and it levels the playing field for everyone.

We can't worry about competition. Besides, you aren't competing with anyone but yourself. They have nothing to do with whether you make a good movie or not.

Competition is very good... as long as its healthy. It's what makes one strive to be better.

Every sect is a moral check on its neighbour. Competition is as wholesome in religion as in commerce.

Competition can be the most nerve-racking experience. Some people just thrive on it.

As soon as I hear the word 'competition' I get serious and start doing everything that I can do.

I see the Beijing National Stadium as an architectural project. I accepted Herzog and De Meuron's invitation to collaborate on the design, and our proposal won the competition. From beginning to end, I stayed with the project. I am committed to fostering relationships between a city and its architecture.

I think in terms of family, in terms of relationships, in terms of work, competition to be the favorite, to be the noticed, to be the one - I don't know if it exists for all personalities, but I know for sure it did with me.

I've never been in a competition before, and I said I'm going to go. I think - I just love to sing.

Beware the old man in young guy's clothes. If he's over 35 and comes to pick you up looking as though he's headed for a skateboarding competition while you are dressed to go to a nice restaurant, this is not a good sign.

The Olympic Games is the ultimate level of competition.

The thought that we're in competition with Russians or with Chinese is all a mistake, and trivial. We are one species, with a world to win.

I did a play called 'On Golden Pond' in a dinner theater in Maine and then went to New York for a talent competition having put together a three-man juggling routine and some one-liners and I got myself an agent from that.

Nearly every study shows that competition from cheap foreign labor undercuts the wages of American workers and legal immigrants.

Competition has been shown to be useful up to a certain point and no further, but cooperation, which is the thing we must strive for today, begins where competition leaves off.

In addition to the decline in competition, American politics today is characterized by a growing ideological polarization between the two major political parties.

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.

There are two powers in the world; one is the sword and the other is the pen. There is a great competition and rivalry between the two. There is a third power stronger than both, that of the women.

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.

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.

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.