Competitors Quotes - Page 4

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

  Colin Powell

  America, United States, Looks

  " Politics Colin Powell criticizes Romney on foreign policy; says he has 'no problem' with gay marriage" by Felicia Sonmez, www.washingtonpost.com. May 23, 2012.

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• I just always expect the best because I'm a competitor and if I'm competing, then obviously I'm trying to be better in everything.

  Lil Wayne

  Trying, Competing, Ifs

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• It's easier for me to go to Russia and train with top coaches and choreographers there than go to Colorado Springs and train with 14 of my competitors.

  Johnny Weir

  Spring, Russia, Colorado

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• I mean, as an athlete, as a competitor, you have to have that belief in yourself.

  Tiger Woods

  Mean, Athlete, Belief

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• Microsoft has had clear competitors in the past. It's a good thing we have museums to document that.

  Bill Gates

  Money, Business, Past

  "InfoWorld" Magazine, October 2001.

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• The truth is sometimes a poor competitor in the market place of ideas – complicated, unsatisfying, full of dilemmas, always vulnerable to misinterpretation and abuse.

  George F. Kennan

  Ideas, Abuse, Atheism

  "American Diplomacy". Book by George F. Kennan, 1951.

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• This law … defines the limits of competition in the community of life. You may compete to the full extent of your capabilities, but you may not hunt down your competitors or destroy their food or deny them access to food. In other words, you may compete but you may not wage war.

  Daniel Quinn

  War, Law, Community

  Daniel Quinn (2009). “Ishmael: A Novel”, p.129, Bantam

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• So Haymitch, what do you think of the games have one hundred percent more competitors than usual?” asks Caesar. Haymitch shrugs. “I don’t see that it makes that much difference. They’ll still be one hundred percent as stupid as usual, so I figure my odds will be roughly the same.

  Suzanne Collins

  Stupid, Thinking, Odds

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• In order to become a success, a business doesn't just have to do well, it has to to better than its competitors. Being number one isn't just about bragging rights. Often it means the difference between prospering and merely hanging on.

  Mitt Romney

  Mean, Rights, Order

  Mitt Romney (2010). “No Apology: The Case for American Greatness”, p.12, Macmillan

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• The rules of the Hunger Games are simple. In punishment for the uprising, each of the twelve districts must provide one girl and one boy, called tributes, to participate. The twenty-four tributes will be imprisoned in a vast outdoor arena that could hold anything from a burning desert to a frozen wasteland. Over a period of several weeks, the competitors must fight to the death. The last tribute standing wins.

  Suzanne Collins

  Girl, Fighting, Winning

  Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.20, Scholastic Inc.

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• So you got rid of your astonishment that someone could write so much more dynamically than you. You stopped cherishing your aloneness and poetic differentness to your delicately flat little bosom. You said: she's to good to forget. How about making her a friend and competitor — you could learn alot from her. So you'll try. So maybe she'll laugh in your face. So maybe she'll beat you hollow in the end. So anyhow, you'll try, and maybe, possibly, she can stand you. Here's hoping!

  Sylvia Plath

  Writing, Laughing, Trying

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• Smart recessionary marketing means not waiting for business to return to normal. Instead, you should cash in on this invaluable opportunity your more cautious competitors may be creating for you. If they pull back, your media investment works much harder.

  Sarah Carter

  Business, Smart, Mean

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• We can never have too much preparation and training. We must be a strong competitor. We must adhere staunchly to the basic principle that anything less than full equality is not enough. If we compromise on that principle our soul is dead.

  Ralph Bunche

  Strong, Equality, Soul

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• As I have already urged, the practice of that which is ethically best - what we call goodness or virtue - involves a course of conduct which, in all respects, is opposed to that which leads to success in the cosmic struggle for existence. In place of ruthless selfassertion it demands self-restraint; in place of thrusting aside, or treading down, all competitors, it requires that the individual shall not merely respect , but shall help his fellows. It repudiates the gladiatorial theory of existence. Laws and moral precepts are directed to the end of curbing the cosmic process.

  Thomas Huxley

  Struggle, Science, Self

  "Evolution And Ethics".

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• Practically everyone now bemoans Western man's sense of alienation, lack of community, and inability to find ways of organizing society for human ends. We have reached the end of the road that is built on the set of traits held out for male identity-advance at any cost, pay any price, drive out all competitors, and kill them if necessary.

  Jean Baker Miller

  Men, Community, Identity

  Jean Baker Miller (2012). “Toward a New Psychology of Women”, p.88, Beacon Press

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• (About importance of focusing on one sport at a time) I've never tried to do that, we have more of a holistic approach. We want to become better decathletes and better competitors. I think for us that means just toeing the line at whatever it is we're doing that day and being confident in preparing as best as we can. Later in the year, late in the season when we have all of the thousands of reps under our belt, we can try to maybe focus on one or two things and leave some stuff off one week. Really, we like to keep everything inside the routine and part of the process.

  Trey Hardee

  Sports, Athlete, Mean

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• Don Keough's (CEO Coca-Cola) 11 Rules on "HOW TO LOSE": 1. Stop taking risks 2. Be content 3. Never deviate from what the founder did 4. Be inflexible 5. Rely totally on research and experts 6. Concentrate on competitors instead of your customers 7. Put yourself - not the customer - first 8. Solve administrative concerns first 9. Let others do your thinking for example, headquarters 10. Rely on T-G-E: "That's Good Enough" and T-N-M-J: "That's Not My Job!" 11. Rationalize slow growth

  Donald Keough

  Jobs, Educational, Thinking

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• We do not win championships with girls. We win with competitors

  Pat Summitt

  Girl, Volleyball, Winning

  Pat Summitt (2012). “Raise the Roof”, p.15, Three Rivers Press

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• NOTORIETY, n. The fame of one's competitor for public honors. The kind of renown most accessible and acceptable to mediocrity. A Jacob's-ladder leading to the vaudeville stage, with angels ascending and descending.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Leadership, Kindness, Angel

  Ambrose Bierce (2012). “The Devil's Dictionary”, p.85, Courier Corporation

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• Even as a fierce competitor I try to smile.

  Magic Johnson

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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• Make a list of competitors who will be disrupted by you. You do have competitors, right? You are better, right? If not, why are you going to Disrupt? Post a blog post about them and what makes you different.

  Robert Scoble

  Different, Blogging, Lists

  "Some new geeky Facebook lists and advice for startups launching" by Robert Scoble, www.businessinsider.com. August 28, 2012.

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• I didn't follow the policies of those already in the business. If I had, I would never have made a go of it. Instead, I started out with the determination to make a better nickel chocolate bar than any of my competitors made, and I did so.

  Milton S. Hershey

  Leadership, Determination, Creative

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• Politics gets me out of bed in the morning It's what really interests me. I'm a competitor, but I also feel like I'm contributing, whether it's working on health-care policy in the White House or out here in Chicago.

  Stephanie Cutter

  Morning, White, House

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• For the most part, the best opportunities now lie where your competitors have yet to establish themselves, not where they're already entrenched. Microsoft is struggling to adapt to that new reality.

  Paul Allen

  Lying, Struggle, Opportunity

  Paul Allen (2011). “Idea Man: A Memoir by the Cofounder of Microsoft”, p.134, Penguin

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• The most meaningful way to differentiate your company from your competitors, the best way to put distance between you and the crowd is to do an outstanding job with information. How you gather, manage and use information will determine whether you win or lose.

  Bill Gates

  Meaningful, Jobs, Distance

  Bill Gates (2009). “Business @ the Speed of Thought: Succeeding in the Digital Economy”, p.12, Hachette UK

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