Quotes about Competition
All, all is theft, all is unceasing and rigorous competition in nature the desire to make off with the substance of others is the foremost - the most legitimate - passion nature has bred into us and, without doubt, the most agreeable one.
— Marquis de Sade
Rising amateurs always intimidate falling masters.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
The great compete not only against others, but against themselves.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
The number of shots taken by an opponent who is out of sight is equal to the square root of the sum of the number of curses heard plus the number of swishes.
— Michael Green
For a competitive junkie like me, golf is a great solution because it smacks you in the face every time you think you have accomplished something. That to me has taken over a lot of the energy and competitiveness for basketball.
— Michael Jordan
I've never lost a game. I just ran out of time.
— Michael Jordan
There were so many fellows ranked over me I couldn't just whoop them all. I had to out-shadow them by talking.
— Muhammad Ali
In a competition of love we'll all share in the victory, no matter who comes first.
— Muhammad Ali
If you even dream of beating me you'd better wake up and apologize.
— Muhammad Ali
I'll beat him so bad he'll need a shoehorn to put his hat on.
— Muhammad Ali
If we compete with ourselves and not with others, then it does not matter who is behind us or ahead of us; our goal is to become and achieve all we are capable of being and doing, and this becomes the measure of our satisfaction.
— Myles Munroe
They both believed that the enemy of better is best, and the tomb of the extra-ordinary is the ordinary.
— Myles Munroe