Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Competition Quotes
American ZealCompetitionContempt for Second PlaceWinning I have finished second twice in my time at Green Bay, and I don't ever want to finish second again. There is a second place bowl game, but it is a game for losers played by losers. It is and always has been an American zeal to be first in anything we do, and to win, and to win, and to win.
CompetitionEconomicsIndustrializationLabor MarketWages The more the division of labor and the application of machinery extend, the more does competition extend among the workers, the more do their wages shrink together.
CompetitionConfidenceGrowthHard WorkSelf Belief If you are surrounded by your competition and you are outworking these people, outmaneuvering these people, it's hard not to let your confidence take over. It just builds and builds and builds.
Barriers To EntryCompetitionDominanceNetwork EffectNetwork Power Facebook is quite entrenched and has a network effect. It's hard to break into a network once it's formed.
BusinessCompetitionCost ManagementEfficiencyGrowth Competition is the keen cutting edge of business, always shaving away at costs.
CompetitionEconomicsGovernment SpendingMonopoly SpaceX has the potential of saving the U.S. government $1 billion a year. We are opposed to creating an entrenched monopoly with no realistic means for anyone to compete.
AdvantageCompetitionInnovationKnowledgeSkill It is a neck-and-neck race between Mr. Gray and myself who shall complete our apparatus first. He has the advantage over me in being a practical electrician - but I have reason to believe that I am better acquainted with the phenomena of sound than he is - so that I have an advantage there.
AmbitionCompetitionDeterminationPerseverance There is no room for second place. There is only one place in my game and that is first place. I have finished second twice in my time at Green Bay and I never want to finish second again.
BusinessCompetitionInternational BusinessMarket AnalysisTechnology U.K. companies are in very international and very competitive markets. If you look at PC penetration in the U.K., it is very similar to the United States market.
CompetitionHumorPerseveranceRelationship My wife thinks she's better than me at puzzles. I haven't given in on that one yet.
CompetitionInnovationPerformanceSkillTeamwork F1 is about the best drivers competing against each other for the best teams producing the best cars they can.
ChallengeCompetitionEnjoymentHumorPerspective If I'd won every single race and got pole everywhere, that would just be boring. It would suck. Where's the fun in that?
CompetitionExpressionHip-hop cultureLoveRespect In hip-hop, there's not a lot of love. There's not a lot of love being spread. It's always like 'I'm stuntin' on you raps, or I'm better than you raps.' It's not a lot of 'Yo man, I idolize you raps.'
CompetitionConflictDefenseMeme CultureSocial Media Generally, the view that I've had on Twitter is if you're on Twitter, you're in, like, the meme - you're in meme war land. If you're on Twitter, you're in the arena. And so, essentially, if you attack me, it is therefore OK for me to attack back.
CompetitionConsumer BenefitsMarket EfficiencyStandardization If you have 50 different plug types, appliances wouldn't be available and would be very expensive. But once an electric outlet becomes standardized, many companies can design appliances, and competition ensues, creating variety and better prices for consumers.
CompetitionSportsTime Efficiency Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being sooner ended.
AchievementAmbitionCompetitionExcellence To me, being the best means proving it in different countries and championships.
AggressionCompetitionRuthlessnessWar Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence. In other words, it is war minus the shooting.
CompetitionCooperationProgress 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.
CompetitionHarmonyMarriage If I'd married someone in show business, there'd be too much competition.
CompetitionFinancial RewardInnovationTechnology The potential financial reward for building the 'next Windows' is so great that there will never be a shortage of new technologies seeking to challenge it.
CompetitionDominancePowerSurvival Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.
CompetitionDefenseImportanceSportsStrategy I think in the title race it's crucial to be defensively as solid as possible.
CompetitionHumorIndividualismSelf-PromotionSocial Dynamics I doubt anyone has ever accused comedians of solidarity before. It's hard to think of a less collegiate world than that of unabashed professional narcissists competing for attention; even when we reluctantly band together on panel shows, we're only trying to sell solo tours.