Competitors Quotes - Page 7

• Secrecy in science does not work. Withholding information does more damage to us than to our competitors.

  Edward Teller

  Doe, Information, Damage

  "Proceedings of the International Conference on Lasers '87" edited by F. J. Duarte, (p. 1165), 1988.

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• Emmitt Smith is someone that I have great respect for - as a player, a competitor and a person. His contributions to the organization and the NFL speak for themselves.

  Emmitt Smith

  Player, Organization, Nfl

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• Before my diagnosis [cancer] I was a competitor but not a fierce competitor. When I was diagnosed, that turned me into a fighter.

  Lance Armstrong

  Cancer, Diagnosis, Fighter

  "Lance Armstrong's interview with Oprah Winfrey: the transcript". Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.telegraph.co.uk. January 18, 2013.

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• You can talk about strategy all you want, but what really matters is resilience. On the last nine holes of the Masters or the Open, there's going to come at least one point when you want to throw yourself in the nearest trash can and disappear. You know you can't hide. It's like you're walking down the fairway naked. The gallery knows what you've done, every other player knows and worst of all, you know. That's when you find out if you're a real competitor.

  Hale Irwin

  Real, Golf, Player

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• If you want to gain market share at your competitor's expense - look for a customer that's suffering from too much complexity and simplify it.

  Peter Cohan

  Suffering, Want, Too Much

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• I want to be an NBA all-star and help my team win. That's what it's all about, is winning. I'm a competitor... People said a lot about me being selfish and stuff like that. Getting into the league, I can't wait to shut that down. I'm a guy who wants to play and to win and love my teammates.

  Shabazz Muhammad

  Stars, Selfish, Team

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• I read annual reports of the company I'm looking at and I read the annual reports of the competitors - that is the main source of material.

  Warren Buffett

  Source, Annual Reports, Company

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• An extremely competitive retail market is pushing extensive discounting and large volumes of wine at low prices, and New World competitors from South America and South Africa are also impacting on the market.

  Trevor O'Hoy

  Wine, America, Retail

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• I'd much rather have the consumer buy a Wii, some accessories, and a ton of games, vs. buying any of my competitor's products.

  Reggie Fils-Aime

  Games, Accessories, Wii

  "Nintendo hopes Wii spells wiinner". Interview with Byron Acohido, usatoday30.usatoday.com. August 15, 2006.

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• If competitors don't like our two to one advantage, dominating market share with both SP and DS, well, I've got bad news. Because we just made it two and a half to one.

  Reggie Fils-Aime

  Two, News, Half

  Speech at the Electronic Entertainment Expo, 2005.

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• Nintendo DS is not standing still. As a tenth serious competitor decides to make a run at Game Boy, DS raises the bar on portable gaming, before they even get started.

  Reggie Fils-Aime

  Running, Boys, Games

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• I am a big believer of what Darwin discovered in the Galapagos, proving that the species most responsive to change will survive over apparently stronger or more intelligent competitors.

  John Elkann

  Intelligent, Stronger, Bigs

  Letter to shareholders of Exor, April 2011.

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• He who is running a race ought to endeavor and strive to the utmost of his ability to come off victor; but it is utterly wrong for him to trip up his competitor, or to push him aside. So in life it is not unfair for one to seek for himself what may accrue to his benefit; but it is not right to take it from another.

  Chrysippus

  Running, Race, Benefits

  "De Officiis". Book by Cicero, iii. 10, 44 BC.

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• We're subject to the same forces of capitalism that have built the entire American economy. Strong returns induce more capital flow, which creates more competitors, and you have to evolve and get better, or you die.

  Kenneth C. Griffin

  Strong, Get Better, Flow

  "Citadel Boss Won't Be Hedging On Day Job". Chicago Tribune, March 2006.

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• Rich countries have 'kicked away the ladder' by forcing free-market, free-trade policies on poor countries. Already established countries do not want more competitors emerging through the nationalistic policies they themselves successfully used in the past.

  Ha-Joon Chang

  Country, Past, Rich Countries

  Ha-Joon Chang (2008). “Bad Samaritans: The Guilty Secrets of Rich Nations and the Threat to Global Prosperity”, p.61, Random House

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• It is not only highly desirable but necessary that there should be legislation which shall carefully shield the interests of wage-workers, and which shall discriminate in favor of the honest and humane employer by removing the disadvantage under which he stands when compared with unscrupulous competitors who have no conscience and will do right only under fear of punishment.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Punishment, Favors, Shields

  Theodore Roosevelt (2009). “The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses”, p.131, Courier Corporation

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• I found that competition was supposed to be a menace and that a good manager circumvented his competitors by getting a monopoly by artificial means.

  Henry Ford

  Mean, Competition, Good Man

  Henry Ford (2015). “My Life and Work: Top Biography”, p.30, 谷月社

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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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• It's hard for me to congratulate somebody after you just lose to them. I'm a winner. It's not being a poor sport or anything like that. If somebody beats you up, you're not going to congratulate them. That doesn't make sense to me. I'm a competitor.

  LeBron James

  Basketball, Sports, Hands

  "After the Cavaliers’ Elimination, a Loud Silence From James" by Jonathan Abrams, www.nytimes.com. June 1, 2009.

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• I'm a big competitor.

  Kevin Durant

  Basketball, Bigs

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• Success comes more quickly to the entrepreneur that follows his instincts rather than following the progress of his competitors.

  Alan Sugar

  Wisdom, Entrepreneur, Intelligence

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• Obsess about customers, not competitors.

  Jeff Bezos

  Customers

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• Show me a golfer who doesn't have a mean streak, and I'll show you a weak competitor.

  Lee Trevino

  Mean, Golf, Weak

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• My main competitor is myself.

  Evgeni Plushenko

  Bad Ass, Ass

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• There is always someone better than you. Whatever it is that you do for a living, chances are, you will run into a situation in which you are not as talented as the person next to you. That's when being a competitor can make a difference in your fortunes.

  Pat Summitt

  Running, Perseverance, Differences

  Pat Summitt (1999). “Reach for the Summit”, p.155, Crown Business

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