Quotes about Competition

Sports provide us with dangerous metaphors. A sporting contest is a contest: a game of winners and losers.

Running 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. Even as a student, I saw many young men who had great natural ability, but who did not have the self-discipline and patience to build on their endowment.

To tell the truth, I like the concept of evil people who eliminated each other, in a chain.

It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you place the blame.

Our ordinary and reasonable service to God may actually compete against our total surrender to Him.

If Apple were to grow the iPod into a cell phone with a web browser, Microsoft would be in big trouble.

Then Rachel said, “In my great struggles, I have wrestled with my sister and won.” So she named him Naphtali.

We were binding sheaves of grain in the field, and suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around and bowed down to mine.”

And from that day forward Saul kept a jealous eye on David.

Then Abner said to Joab, “Let us have the young men get up and compete before us.” “Let them get up,” Joab replied.

In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel, and in his vigor he wrestled with God.

Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the seedlings.