Bring them on.
George W. BushIf all my bridge coach ever told me was that I was ‚satisfactory,‘ I would have no hope of ever getting better. How would I know who was the best? How would I know what I was doing differently?
Bill GatesI guess if I’m a product, either you’re chocolate, you’re vanilla or you’re butterscotch. You can’t be all three.
Bruno MarsI think right now it’s a battle for the mindshare of developers and for the mindshare of customers, and right now iPhone and Android are winning that battle.
Steve JobsMy wife thinks she’s better than me at puzzles. I haven’t given in on that one yet.
Bill GatesGreat American sport. Horseshoes is a very great game. I love it.
Dan QuayleIt is piracy, not overt online music stores, which is our main competitor.
Steve JobsCompetition 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.
Franklin D. RooseveltJust as I wanted to outdo everyone when I played, I had to outdo everyone when we were out on the town.
George BestIn this industry, there’s a lot of cases of being a competitor in one way, but you’re often a customer and a vendor in another way. It’s not atypical in aerospace. Actually, it’s not that atypical in a lot of industries.
Jeff BezosLike getting into a bleeding competition with a blood bank.
Richard BransonIn the absence of sound oversight, responsible businesses are forced to compete against unscrupulous and underhanded businesses, who are unencumbered by any restrictions on activities that might harm the environment, or take advantage of middle-class families, or threaten to bring down the entire financial system.
Barack ObamaNothing is ever done beautifully which is done in rivalship: or nobly, which is done in pride.
John RuskinWhenever you do something, people try to re-do it and do a better version, especially if they’re in another country.
George LucasA company is a group organized to create a product or service, and it is only as good as its people and how excited they are about creating. I do want to recognize a ton of super-talented people. I just happen to be the face of the companies.
Elon MuskWe’re not going to go 82-0 and blow everybody out. We are going to be challenged.
Stephen CurryI’m proud of ‚Stop Making Sense,‘ but it’s a little bit of an albatross; I can’t compete with it, but I can’t ignore it either.
David ByrneWithout sounding biased, 70 days of football is not enough. Even if Messi plays 70 days he cannot be in the national team. You need to play around the year to be in contention for the national team.
Sunil ChhetriIt obviously bothers people when Real Madrid win. It makes them jealous. There isn’t a level playing field.
Cristiano RonaldoI used to go missing a lot… Miss Canada, Miss United Kingdom, Miss World.
George BestWar grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow man.
Napoleon HillHip hop has always been braggin‘ and boasting and ‚I’m better at you than this‘ and ‚I’m better at you than that.‘
EminemMarathon running, like golf, is a game for players, not winners. That is why Callaway sells golf clubs and Nike sells running shoes. But running is unique in that the world’s best racers are on the same course, at the same time, as amateurs, who have as much chance of winning as your average weekend warrior would scoring a touchdown in the NFL.
Hunter S. ThompsonApple’s market share is bigger than BMW’s or Mercedes’s or Porsche’s in the automotive market. What’s wrong with being BMW or Mercedes?
Steve JobsI really do encourage other manufacturers to bring electric cars to market. It’s a good thing, and they need to bring it to market and keep iterating and improving and make better and better electric cars, and that’s what going to result in humanity achieving a sustainable transport future. I wish it was growing faster than it is.
Elon MuskTo me, being the best means proving it in different countries and championships.
Cristiano RonaldoYou can wipe out your opponents. But if you do it unjustly you become eligible for being wiped out yourself.
Ernest HemingwayEventually, all companies are replaced.
Bill GatesTo make America the greatest is my goal, so I beat the Russian and I beat the Pole. And for the U.S.A. won the medal of gold. The Greeks said, ‚You’re better than the Cassius of old.‘
Muhammad AliWe’re very focused on making News Feed really good, making our photos experience really good, making messaging really good, and creating great location apps. That’s the nature of a platform business of our scale. Most companies that are relevant to us will have some overlaps in some competitive way.
Mark ZuckerbergHow you played in yesterday’s game is all that counts.
Jackie RobinsonDo your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed – there’s so little competition.
Elbert HubbardDerbies are always difficult to play because you have to handle the pressure. There’s no advantage or disadvantage for either side.
Jurgen KloppIt is necessary for me to establish a winner image. Therefore, I have to beat somebody.
Richard M. NixonAmbition must be made to counteract ambition.
James MadisonMarch is a month without mercy for rabid basketball fans. There is no such thing as a ‚gentleman gambler‘ when the Big Dance rolls around. All sheep will be fleeced, all fools will be punished severely… There are no Rules when the deal goes down in the final weeks of March. Even your good friends will turn into monsters.
Hunter S. ThompsonIt’s what counts, isn’t it, on the Sunday, rather than pre-season testing. If you lock up, you do a little mistake, it’s nothing, but if you do it on Sunday, you lose a place or you have to box for a flat spot or something like that. It’s a much bigger problem.
Lando NorrisTo win a national championship, you’ve got to be a little lucky.
Lou HoltzDon’t be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard.
Colin PowellIf my edge is dull, my sword is dull, and I don’t want to fight another guy whose sword is dull. If you’ve got two steel swords going back and forth hitting each other, what’s gonna happen? Both of them are going to get sharper. Everybody that’s in the industry has lost their edge.
Kendrick LamarGreat industries are never made from single companies. There is room in space for a lot of winners.
Jeff BezosMy goal is to be number one in MMA.
Conor McGregorDomination and monopoly is the name of the game in the web marketplace.
David ByrneThe female loves to play man against man. And if she is in a position to do it, there is not one who will resist.
Charles BukowskiI need to do well and show I’m a worthy driver in F1.
Lando NorrisIf I’d married someone in show business, there’d be too much competition.
Dolly PartonOnce people are aware of your presence, and perhaps vaguely intrigued, you need to stir their interest before it settles on someone else.
Robert GreeneAnd while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department.
Andrew CarnegieRunning taught me valuable lessons. In cross-country competition, training counted more than intrinsic ability, and I could compensate for a lack of natural aptitude with diligence and discipline. I applied this in everything I did.
Nelson MandelaI can hold my own when it comes to burping. I’ve got a good feeling that I could win a championship.
Dwayne JohnsonSome people take defeat and losses a certain way. You see how some fighters take losses.
Conor McGregorDo your job. Do it the best you can. Do it right, because somebody, sometimes your best friend, is waiting for you to screw up so she can take your place.
Abby Lee MillerSerious sport is war minus the shooting.
George OrwellIt’s rule number one, really – beating your teammate.
Lando NorrisHe shines in the second rank, who is eclipsed in the first.
VoltaireIn war there is no prize for runner-up.
Lucius Annaeus SenecaSome people want to win races. Other people want to be President of the United States.
Lady GagaI was already on pole, then by half a second and then one second and I just kept going. Suddenly I was nearly two seconds faster than anybody else, including my team mate with the same car.
Ayrton SennaCompetition gives me energy. It keeps me focused.
Conor McGregorEvery driver is different, so I just hope whatever I do is going to be good enough, because it’s not that I just want to be with McLaren. I want to win with McLaren.
Lando Norris