Quotes about Competition
First-class players lose to second-class players because second-class players sometimes play a first-class game.
— Siegbert Tarrasch
If a man can write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a better mousetrap than his neighbor, though he build his house in the woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
When you've got 10,000 people trying to do the same thing, why would you want to be number 10,001?
— Mark Cuban
Being Number One isn't everything to me, but for those few hours on the court it's way ahead of whatever's in second place.
— Billie Jean King
The only competition you have is with yourself, to be the best that you can be.
— Joel Osteen
When we start competing with people, we get distracted, we lose focus, and before long we're wasting time on things that are not moving us toward our purpose.
— Joel Osteen
If you will stay free from a spirit of competition and just run your race, you'll not only enjoy your life more, but you'll also see your gifts and talents come out to the full. Because when you celebrate others, God will celebrate you.
— Joel Osteen
If you're paid before you walk on the court, what's the point in playing as if your life depended on it?
— Arthur Ashe
Life is simply a cricket match, with temptation as the bowler.
— Anonymous
Tennis begins with love.
— Anonymous
A racehorse is an animal that can take several thousand people for a ride at the same time.
— Anonymous
The strength of humility is that it builds a spiritual defense around your soul, prohibiting strife, competition, and many of life's irritations from stealing your peace.
— Francis Frangipane