Your competition is not other people but the time you kill, the ill will you create, the knowledge you neglect to learn, the connections you fail to build, the health you sacrifice along the path, your inability to generate ideas, the people around you who don’t support and love your efforts, and whatever god you curse for your bad luck.

The nature of competition is such that any number of people invariably have their eyes on the same prize you do. Recognize your assets and employ them to the best of your ability.

Practice habits were crucial to my development in basketball. I didn’t play against the toughest competition in high school, but one reason I was able to do well in college was that I mastered the fundamentals. You’ve got to have them down before you can even think about playing.

Competition makes you better, always, always makes you better, even if the competitor wins.

I love competition. I love the thrill of competing.

I enjoy the competition and the process of learning as we compete. The whole thing is just fascinating. I don’t know what I’ll do when I retire. When I go sailing, I look around … anyone want to race? I just love competing as opposed to just going out and watching the sunset.

Be loyal to those who are loyal to you. And respect everyone, even your enemies and competition.

A fair competition is the best way to encourage innovation and improve standards.

Champion the spirit of competition – it brings out the best in players.

I think the key thing is to train hard and you definitely need competition, you definitely need races because I believe over the years that training helps you but you have to compete against other people who’re a higher level to build you up, make you know what else you need to work on.

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

Writers aren’t in competition with one another. It isn’t a zero sum game. If you have a good book, a good cover, a good product description, and a low price, you can sell well.

I’m glad to produce my personal best in this high-level competition.

This competition was not easy but I have been in form. I thought that I would be able to achieve the score. I am happy with it and this is my personal best.

I must continue to work hard to help my teammates. Competition always exists in football.

Football is a competition to see who’s the best, not a battle. It’s not a war. When it ends, we’re still alive.

When I think of competition it’s like I try to create against the past. I think about Michelangelo and Picasso, you know, the pyramids.

My pump-up songs before I compete are not the usual. They’re more girly songs. I love ‘The Climb’ by Miley Cyrus. It’s about the journey and savoring every moment. I have ‘The World’s Greatest’ by R. Kelly on my playlist, too.

I like visualizing a lot, so the night before a competition and right before, I will visualize myself. I’ll close my eyes, turn away from everybody, and just see myself doing exactly what I want to accomplish.

I just enjoy batting, scoring runs, and contributing for my team.

The desire of businessmen for profits is what drives prices down unless forcibly prevented from engaging in price competition, usually by governmental activity

Competition does a much more effective job than government at protecting consumers

I played Mary Joe Fernandez in the semifinals. She was winning the first set. Second set was very close. I started to play this aggressive game. I think I surprised them.

That was my dream, to compete against the best surfers in the best waves. But as a kid, it all seemed so unattainable. It was this big dream, but deep down I never thought it could really happen. But my parents always believed I could do it, and they helped me get through all the stages and take all the right steps.

The condition of man . . . is a condition of war of everyone against everyone

Chase your dreams, not the competition.

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

The PC is successful because we’re all benefiting from the competition with each other. If Twitter comes along, our games benefit. If Nvidia makes better graphics technology, all the games are going to shine. If we come out with a better game, people are going to buy more PCs.

I used to have this lucky rock and I used to always have to rub it three times before I competed.

I don’t think there’s a car in the world that hasn’t yet been improved by competition, a car which hasn’t been influenced by others.

Gymnastics does take great focus and concentration. What I do is look to my coach. He keeps me focused. And I meditate to get myself confident before the competition floor. That helps keep me focused, too.

Your biggest competition is always yourself.

Mental fitness plays a big role during competition.

Feed yourself as you would feed a world-class athlete before a competition because, in many respects, that’s what you are before starting work each day

Have fun, that’s what it’s all about. People get stressed over it… Let competition eat them up. That’s not me, I just get in and have fun. That’s what I’m here to do: Have fun and make some money doing it.

I’m a prideful person when it comes to competition.

The healthiest competition occurs when average people win by putting above average effort.

Look at the world. There is no pure competitor to the United States of America.

This is the next evolution in cooking competitions, it’s big and it’s bold, and i can’t wait for people to see it.

Introverts do better alone with competition, extraverts do better in large group without competition.

Life is a competition, but it is not a race against anyone else. The real journey is against yourself and the true victory is being able to maintain your humanity.

I do not like to put one title above the other. Every competition I contest and win is important.

Our objective is always to win. Every day, every game, and every competition.

Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best and it removes all that is base.

Ain’t no more beefing, I’m just keeping to myself. I’m my own competition, I’m competing with myself

I’m my own competition, I’m competin’ with myself.

Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man… It is the comparison that makes you proud: the pleasure of being above the rest. Once the element of competition is gone, pride is gone.

I’m a football fan, a sports fan, a fan of competition.

The world is full of people who are determined to be somebody or to give trouble. They want to get ahead, to stand out. Such ambition has no use for a gung fu man, who rejects all forms of self-assertiveness and competition

Well is it said that neither love nor power Admit a rival, even for an hour.

You may call me a Klansman if you will, but, potentially, every white man is a Klansman, as far as the Negro in competition with whites socially, economically, and politically is concerned, and there is no use lying.

What I’m doing is the thing I want to do. I don’t care what other people think. I still will be a bodybuilder. I love it. I love the feeling in my muscles, I love the competition, and I love the things it gives me

My definition of a sport is that it’s a physical activity that involves competition. Since bodybuilders certainly train and then compete, we are certainly a sport.

I always tried to win. I was as competitive as I am today.

You wanna know what scares people? Success. When you don’t make moves and when you don’t climb up the ladder, everybody loves you because you’re not competition.

Shoutout to my competition. These shots to my opposition.

It’s hard to win in the league because every team is good. It’s competitive, and that’s what I love most about it.

I enjoy the competition and whatever it takes throughout the competition, I will do it.

If you’re having your authentic self, you have no competition.

America and Islam are not exclusive and need not be in competition. Instead, they overlap, and share common principles of justice and progress, tolerance and the dignity of all human beings.

I am not in competition with anyone but myself. My goal is to improve myself continuously.

Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace

It’s not a competition, it’s a doorway.

You have competition every day because you set such high standards for yourself that you have to go out every day and live up to that.

F1 is about the best drivers competing against each other for the best teams producing the best cars they can.

The Nations League is a great competition.

My one regret is that I didn’t win a trophy with Tottenham, despite us being a strong team who played good, attractive football.

I always look forward to playing for my national team, especially at a major tournament

No, my friend, forget the lottery! Win or lose, it is the same, it is a kind of deadly game in which we can never guess the consequences.

There is no such thing as a perfect basketball player, and I don’t believe there is only one greatest player either.

If you’re trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I’ve had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

The basketball court for me, during a game, is the most peaceful place I can imagine. On the basketball court, I worry about nothing. When I’m out there, no one can bother me.

I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

The Premier League is the best competition in the world, and it’s not easy to win a league with great teams like Man United, Chelsea, Liverpool, Man City, and Arsenal as rivals.

The fact is, with every friendship you make, and every bond of trust you establish, you are shaping the image of America projected to the rest of the world. That is so important. So when you study abroad, you’re actually helping to make America stronger.

Whether it’s a friendly match, or for points, or a final, or any game—I play the same. I’m always trying to be my best, first for my team, for myself, for the fans, and to try and win.

One of the things I realized is that if you don’t take control over your time and your life, other people will gobble it up.

F1 is about the best drivers competing against each other for the best teams producing the best cars they can.

The greatest successes come from having the freedom to fail

Figuring out what the next big trend is tells us what we should focus on.

The only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.

You are better off trying something and having it not work and learning from that than not doing anything at all.

This is a perverse thing, personally, but I would rather be in the cycle where people are underestimating us.

I’m my only competition. I can’t lose.