Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ralph Nader

Competition, free enterprise, and an open market were never meant to be symbolic fig leaves for corporate socialism and monopolistic capitalism.

Michelle Kwan

There's a lot of emotions that always come out after a skate of a lifetime. I always start crying because there is so much buildup to that competition.

Michael Porter

Strategy is about setting yourself apart from the competition. It's not a matter of being better at what you do - it's a matter of being different at what you do.

Seth Godin

Copy, not from your industry, from others. You have to go where there is no competition.

Seth Godin

There are lots of good reasons to abandon a project. Having a little competition is not one of them.

Seth Godin

Competition validates you. It creates a category. It permits the sale to be this or that, not yes or no.

Seth Godin

The best marketing strategy is to destroy your industry before your competition does.

Seth Godin

The problem with competition is that it takes away the requirement to set your own path, to invent your own method, to find a new way.

John Stossel

Competition leads both drug companies and private regulators to be trustworthy. If they are not trustworthy, they die.

Maureen McCormick

As soon as I hear the word 'competition' I get serious and start doing everything that I can do.

Michael Caine

Acting is not a competition; everything must be done for the good of the film or else everybody loses.

Michael Chang

I was always really strict on myself about doing everything possible to prepare for competition.

Theodore Kaczynski

The leftist is antagonistic to the concept of competition because, deep inside, he feels like a loser.

Margaret Halsey

the crucial disadvantage of aggression, competitiveness and skepticism as national characteristics is that these qualities cannot be turned off at five o'clock.

Anson Carter

I had a wonderful four years at Michigan State and they did a great job preparing me for the NHL. We played tough competition so it was pretty easy for me to step right in when I went to the NHL. I went directly to the NHL and quite a few other Michigan State players have done the same thing.

I guess kids would rather watch that competition on TV. Because they didn't come to the theater to watch it.

David Jones

I think our competition in the conference might be more difficult than the district.

I think my play so far this season has been pretty good. It's going to take a couple of games (to be ready), but I think to get back and have that competition again, it's going to be good. Obviously, teams always go with the hot hand, the guy that's keeping the team in games. I'm looking forward to getting back and feeling like I can do that.

I think Nick is his own competition. If Nick decides to come to wrestle like earlier in the year, he?s going to be tough to beat.

I just loved the competitiveness. It was just you and the other guy.

I just know what kind of competition we go through, and I don't think it could be much better than that. Lower State has always been a dogfight, and it always helps you to be battle-tested.

I just feel the competition will be down a little bit. And, then of course, there's trying to fit in all the games.

IPv6 is vital to the future competitiveness of industry and government.

Jessica Sanchez

I'm playing a powerhouse singer who is big competition, but she's also really down to earth and sweet. But the whole sweet thing goes away when she's in competition mode. I love the show, so I'm very excited to be a part of it. I'm going to kill it on 'Glee!'

I'm just glad to be here right now. I'm glad we won that one. It's a big transition going from C to B, the competition is a lot tougher. I'm excited how we're playing right now. I'm proud of how my seniors stepped up.

I have no problem with Second City. A lot of people try to create a competition where there isn't one.

I have never seen such a high level in a competition before. Today's race was perhaps the most competitive ever.

I had to go out there and leave it all on the field. It has been (an intense) competition. There are a lot of guys who are hungry here, including myself. I'm sure it (was) a tough decision on the coaches.

Jeremy Davies

I had strong feelings about winning today, but there was good competition. I'm pretty satisfied with how I ran today, but I have to run faster and keep working hard.

Nick Faldo

I never had conversations with a lot of guys. I wasn't a small-talk type of person in competition -- that's my makeup.

Ray Chen

The fight for larger market share will create a 'bloody' competition. Maintaining current margins has become a thorny issue for the nation's computer makers.

Jerry Colangelo

The first major competition we are selecting a team for is the 2006 FIBA World Championship. This is an important competition and we are taking this as seriously as we take the Olympics.

The competition draws the next generation of scientists and engineers.