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Competition Quotes
"Europe should stick to an open economy, to competition and we should refuse protectionism. It will not save one single job in the long run to protect non-competitive industries."
224
"It's a tough world out there and all the guys are fighting hard and the competition is really tough."
194
"It was a natural process, because when we go to the ring we are human beings, but once you feel the punches and the competition that's when the beast comes out and takes hold of us."
179
"Whenever the competition is sleeping is when I shine."
174
"Running became boring because it's so predictable. I got to a point where I knew what my competition could do."
167
"We had a great group of guys when I was there, five of us, I think. It's a great competition. Every practice was hard. I think that's helped us a lot, everybody that was there."
153
"I was always talking about what I could and would do, and you would always make rhymes about the competion even though we werent thinking about competition."
130
"Look at the way teams play against Arsenal. They don't believe they can win. They don't believe."
75
"I don't know if it's just me or everyone, but the whole vibe with skiing is not so much thriving on competition against others as it is against myself and the clock."
73
"Pride is an admission of weakness; it secretly fears all competition and dreads all rivals."
73
"The Olympics are always a special competition, it is very difficult to predict what will happen."
72
"I want to be the first lady to land a quadruple jump in competition. As I grow older, I know that my skating style will develop and mature."
72
"The stark reality facing us today is that without the labour reforms, workers will get neither the income nor jobs in the face of cut-throat global economic competition."
70
"So I think instead of focusing on the competition, focus on the customer."
70
"The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell."
67
"I got a hundred bucks says my baby beats Pete's baby. I just think genetics are in my favour."
66
"The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands."
65
"The tension between centrality, on the one hand, and competition, on the other, is probably the oldest of all market structure issues."
64
"Encourage kids to enjoy running and play in athletics. Don't force them to run too much competition."
63
"From the fall of October, 1980 to March, 1984 I never lost a competition."
62
"It can't really happen today the way it did back then and part of that is because I think there's a bit of a competitive scare over at Marvel and DC so they lock guys up with exclusive contracts."
62
"A lot of it had to do with when it's released and what's out in the marketplace, what's its competition."
61
"I loved tests because it was another form of competing, a healthy competition."
61
"There were no competitions on television. The first skating competition I ever remember seeing on television was the 1968 Olympics when Peggy Fleming won."
61
"We humans have millions of years of evolutionary baggage that makes us regard competition in a deadly light."
60
"The competition is so fierce once you become an adult. I'll probably move on to something else."
60
"The competitor to be feared is one who never bothers about you at all, but goes on making his own business better all the time."
59
"Murdoch paid too much for the Wall Street Journal even when he didn't have any competition."
59
"The only competition worthy a wise man is with himself."
59
"Goodwill is the only asset that competition cannot undersell or destroy."
58
"Olympics is global competition in which eighty, ninety, hundred, hundred and ten countries participate."
58
"When we say that the persistence of competition is ensured by fate, we mean that individual freedom is so guaranteed. The one thing to which fate binds us is liberty."
58
"Our employers today face numerous challenges and stiff competition from businesses all over the world."
56
"France has a very important relationship with Germany. But that does not mean that we agree about everything or that two of our universities or companies are not going to compete."
56
"Today, the competition is considerably more intense."
56
"The Olympic Games is the ultimate level of competition."
55
"Whether it's Google or Apple or free software, we've got some fantastic competitors and it keeps us on our toes."
55
"The Champions League is the competition everyone wants to be in."
55
"In any game, the game itself is the prize, no matter who wins, ultimately both lose the game."
55
"To me, it's like we're already in the playoffs. Every game is important for our position. We can't relax at all."
54
"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."
53
"I think it's really important to look at the big picture instead of just one competition."
52
"It's not quite as important who you beat as that you end up on top."
52
"I've never felt any sense of competition with anybody, and we're all friends; we're all good friends."
51
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