Competition is healthy, if you can turn it off and on. When someone gets too cocky in victory, that can ruin the… — Eddie Vedder Copy Share Image
Once I started playing the piano, after my first small competition, I realized that the piano was the right instrument for me. — Rafal Blechacz Copy Share Image
My commitment to Atlanta and passion for sports and competition make this acquisition a perfect fit for me. — Arthur Blank Copy Share Image
The healthiest competition occurs when average people win by putting above average effort. — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
The thing I learned from playing tennis is that I know what competition is. I can handle rejection. — Aaron Zigman Copy Share Image
“Hand-dyers are never in competition with each other. Rather, we push each other to expand our worlds.” — Clara Parkes Copy Share Image
When you begin moving toward excellence, you will find very little competition. You're competing with only 20% of the population. — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
It's not the increasing competition; it's going back to real work that most of us complain about. — William Feather Copy Share Image
To stand up to worldwide competition, we need a very strong set-up at home that produces athletes right from the beginner's level… — Abhinav Bindra Copy Share Image
When you are in the big competition for the first time, you grow, and then you lose something when you go back… — Claudio Ranieri Copy Share Image
Doping in English football is restricted to lager and baked beans with sausages. After which the players take to the field, belching… — Paolo Di Canio Copy Share Image
I've never been in a major competition. If you don't want to be there, you might as well leave now because it… — Matt Doherty Copy Share Image
Playing in the NBA is more than just tough competition. It is very difficult being away from my family when we're on… — Shawn Bradley Copy Share Image
The US constitution's First Amendment rights only cover Americans, but I believe that in a democracy the competition of ideas and free… — Joichi Ito Copy Share Image
Getting back on the surfboard after the [shark] attack was the hardest thing and I did it! After that, the hardest thing… — Bethany Hamilton Copy Share Image
The World Cup must remain the number one competition, because it is our only source of money and, with that money, we… — Sepp Blatter Copy Share Image
When players go out and train on their own, they usually do it at half speed. This kind of training is valuable,… — Mia Hamm Copy Share Image
Considering all the different ways in which China has interacted with the world in the last 50 years, considering all the challenges… — James Fallows Copy Share Image
The industrial civilisation is based on the consumption of energy resources that are inherently limited in quantity and that are about to… — Richard Heinberg Copy Share Image
Has it ever occurred to you how lucky you are to be alive? More than 99 percent of all the creatures that… — Daniel Dennett Copy Share Image
For ten centuries Christianity, armed with the omnipotence of the Church and State and opposed by no competition, was able to deprave,… — Mikhail Bakunin Copy Share Image
I have never known a concern to make a decided success that did not do good, honest work, and even in these… — Andrew Carnegie Copy Share Image
Now, I know it's a widespread assumption in the West that as countries modernize, they also westernize. This is an illusion. It's… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
...treasure what it means to do a day's work. It's our one and only chance to do something productive today, and it's… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image