You’ll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him. – Lou Holtz
Never compete with someone who has nothing to lose. – Baltasar Gracian
You’ve got to be confident when you’re competing. You’ve got to be a beast. – Gabby Douglas
The only competition that matters the most in life, is the one between you and your old self. – Edmond Mbiaka
Don’t waste your time competing with someone. Instead focus on competing with yourself. Leaders don’t compete, followers do. – Mayur Ramgir
A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace. – Ovid
We last longer if we compete against ourselves for the good of others instead of competing against others for the good of ourselves. – Simon Sinek
Competition is not about fighting, it is all about helping each other to achieve a common goal. – Joey Lawsin
Never compete with your master, because that is disrespect to him! You are your only rival, you compete with yourself, go beyond yourself!. – Mehmet Murat ildan
The one that works the hardest comes out on top. -Debbie Meyer
You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your tricks of war. – Napoleon Bonaparte
The ability to learn faster than your competitors may be the only sustainable competitive advantage. – Arie de Geus
And what is the greatest number? Number one. – David Hume
We are competing against ourselves. – Ashton Eaton
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight; it’s the size of the fight in the dog. – Dwight D Eisenhower
You never know how long the battles going to be, you always have to be ready. – Steaven Seagal
Let us compete with ourselves, not with others. – Debasish Mridha
When you’re riding, only the race in which you’re riding is important. – Willie Shoemaker
Whether it’s Google or Apple or free software, we’ve got some fantastic competitors and it keeps us on our toes. – Bill Gates
Don’t let mental blocks control you. Set yourself free. Confront your fear and turn the mental blocks into building blocks. – Dr Roopleen
Competition helps people figure it out. – Brian Mcbride
Creativity may well be the last legal unfair competitive advantage we can take to run over the competition. – Dave Trott
Companies that solely focus on competition will ultimately lose. Those that focus on value creation will thrive. – Edward de Bono
Of all human powers operating on the affairs of mankind, none is greater than that of competition. – Henry Clay
I may win and I may lose, but I will never be defeated. – Emmitt Smith
Competition whose motive is merely to compete, to drive some other fellow out, never carries very far. 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. – Henry Ford
If we can keep our competitors focused on us while we stay focused on the customer, ultimately we’ll turn out all right. – Jeff Bezos
It was then I realized winning isn’t always finishing first. Sometimes winning is just finishing. – Manuel Diotte
If you’re not gonna go all the way, why go at all?. – Joe Namath
Companies aren’t families. They’re battlefields in a civil war. – Charles Duhigg
Some people don’t like competition because it makes them work harder, better. – Drew Carey
Friendships born on the field of athletic strife are the real gold of competition; awards become corroded, friends gather no dust. – Jesse Owens
Being properly prepared is one of the biggest assets in business and in athletic competition. – Keeth Smart
The only race you have to run is with yourself. – Dahi Tamara Koch
Live daringly, boldly, fearlessly. Taste the relish to be found in competition – in having put forth the best within you. – Henry Kaiser
When I go out on the ice, I just think about my skating; I forget it is a competition. – Katarina Witt
Remember, you don’t compete with anyone, you make them compete with you. You can control what you put on yourself; you can’t control what the other guy puts on you. So you focus only on the internal pressure that drives you. Run to it, embrace it, feel it, so no one else can throw more at you than you’ve already put on yourself. – Tim S Grover
Competing at the highest level is the greatest test of one’s character. – Russell Mark
Becoming number one is easier than remaining number one. – Bill Bradley
Competition motivates and drives people to excel, and enables people to learn and benefit from their strengths and weaknesses. – Dr T.P.Chia
When you lose a couple of times, it makes you realize how difficult it is to win. – Steffi Graf
Without the spur of competition we’d loaf out our life. – Arnold Glasow
If you have to compete, compete with yourself. – Debasish Mridha
Competing with an other is exhilarating, challenging, and healthy. That is what Games are for. When competition is brought into the social arena it undermines the competitor’s self-esteem and confidence. It is a very subtle process. One we must be sensitive to, especially when evaluating our own motivations and behavior. – Eric Parslow
Competition is a complex thing. It brings out the best and the worst in all participants. It refines the technique and sharpens the mind, body and spirit. – Herb Perez
There are victories of the soul and spirit. Sometimes, even if you lose, you win. – Elie Wiesel
The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential… these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence. – Confucius
With competition everyone has to try harder. – Harold H. Greene
Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best that you are capable of becoming. – John Wooden
Together, we form a necessary paradox; not a senseless contradiction. – Criss Jami
Competition is such a virtue, and everybody’s so busy competing, they have no time for compassion. – Major Owens
When you compete with someone as good or better than you, you may not always win, but you never lose. – Michael Josephson
Competing is intense among humans, and within a group, selfish individuals always win. But in contests between groups, groups of altruists always beat groups of selfish individuals. – E. O. Wilson
If you want to find the real competition, just look in the mirror. After awhile you’ll see your rivals scrambling for second place. – Criss Jami
Competing at the highest level is not about winning. It’s about preparation, courage, understanding and nurturing your people, and heart. Winning is the result. – Joe Torre
Compete with yourself; you have no knowledge about the degree of gifting others might have. Don’t decide to slow down because you have gone too far and everyone is behind you!. – Israelmore Ayivor
There are victories of the soul and spirit. Sometimes, even if you lose, you win. – Elie Wiesel
It’s nice to have valid competition; it pushes you to do better. – Gianni Versace
Competition gives birth to a lot of success, and if no one ever challenged you, you wouldn’t go anywhere. It makes sense to compete with others for a promotion at work. But so many women take it a step further and won’t even support other women. They end up competing over things that don’t make sense – like how we look. – Lilly Singh
Show class, have pride, and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself. – Paul Bear Bryant
Don’t knock your competitors. By boosting others you will boost yourself. A little competition is a good thing and severe competition is a blessing. Thank God for competition. – Jacob Kindleberger
Life is not a competition with others. In its truest sense it is rivalry with ourselves. We should each day seek to break the record of our yesterday. We should seek each day to live stronger, better, truer lives; each day to master some weakness of yesterday; each day to repair past follies; each day to surpass ourselves. This is, simply, progress. – C. Smith Sumner
The ability to learn faster than your competitors may be only sustainable competitive advantage. – Arie de Geus
There is a tendency among some businesses to criticize and belittle their competitors. This is a bad procedure. Praise them. Learn from them. There are times when you can co-operate with them to their advantage and to yours! Speak well of them and they will speak well of you. You can’t destroy good ideas. Take advantage of them. – George Matthew Adams
You get out in front — you stay out in front. – A. J. Foyt
Competition is in the genes of all living things. Watch a flower compete for its share of sunlight or watch the goldfish in your aquarium. Infants and small children compete without knowing it. Remember how the queen bee wins? Competition is the spice of life and the soul of progress. How else can quality rise to the top? . – Charles T. Clark
The struggles we endure today will be the ‘good old days’ we laugh about tomorrow. – Aaron Lauritsen
If you’re not making mistakes, you’re not taking risks, and that means you’re not going anywhere. The key is to make mistakes faster than the competition, so you have more chances to learn and win. – John W. Holt
Winning and losing are both very temporary things. Having done one or the other, you move ahead. Gloating over a victory or sulking over a loss is a good way to stand still. – Chuck Knox
Number one, cash is king; number two, communicate; number three, buy or bury the competition. – Jack Welch
