Top 100 Competitor Quotes
#1. Communists disavow the existence of God and religion. They hate it, because it's a competitor.
Rush Limbaugh
#2. Information is power, and the gain you get from empowering your associates more than offsets the risk of informing your competitor.
Sam Walton
#3. Without any doubt the best player in the Premiership has to be Scholes. He knows how to do everything, and he is one who directs the way his team plays. On top of that, he has indestructible mental strength and he is a genuine competitor.
Thierry Henry
#4. The greatest competitor of devotion to Jesus is service for Him.
Oswald Chambers
#5. The worst weapon of your enemy, rival, competitor, distractor is creating self-doubt in you and/or your team. They cannot win you without first destroying your self-worth.
Assegid Habtewold
#6. A competitor will find a way to win. Competitors take bad breaks and use them to drive themselves just that much harder. Quitters take bad breaks and use them as reasons to give up. It's all a matter of pride.
Nancy Lopez
#7. Respect, reverence, self-esteem
Are my basic requisites
I refuse to be a competitor
Who struggles for personal rights
Balroop Singh
#8. The great champions were always vicious competitors. You never lose respect for a man who is a vicious competitor, and you never hate a man you respect. I don't like Rod Laver because he's such a vicious competitor, but I don't dislike him.
Pancho Gonzales
#9. Being a cook doesn't necessarily mean you are a competitor.
Joe Bastianich
#10. I always thought Ray Bourque was a great competitor.
Mats Sundin
#11. You want to remain hungry and stay in a good place as a competitor; at the same time, you want to be confident but not cocky. You have to realize that you can lose. We have to stay hungry, because losing is the worst thing that can happen now. That's a road we don't want to go down.
Lamar Odom
#12. You may have an iPhone, for example, but its microchips are made by Apple's biggest competitor - the Korean electronics company Samsung.
Euny Hong
#13. If my competitor were drowning I'd stick a hose in his mouth and turn on the water.
Ray Kroc
#14. The competitor is our friend and the customer is our enemy.
Dwayne Andreas
#15. In order to become a grandmaster class player whose understanding of chess is superior to the thousands of ordinary players, you have to develop within yourself a large number of qualities, the qualities of an artistic creator, a calculating practitioner, a cold calm competitor.
Alexander Kotov
#16. I've been competitive since day one. Even in little things as a child, like having a twin and a direct competitor for who makes better cookies.
Gracie Gold
#17. Before the battle begins and the outcome has been decided, let the adversary know that you are a fearless competitor, worthy of a second opinion.
Bobby F. Kimbrough Jr.
#18. Although the flagship brand, Pepsi-Cola, has always been second to Coca-Cola, the Frito-Lay division is ten times larger than its largest competitor, Diamond Foods, Inc., of San Francisco. Its products take up whole aisles at Walmart.
John Seabrook
#19. If you want to gain market share at your competitor's expense - look for a customer that's suffering from too much complexity and simplify it.
Peter Cohan
#21. A true competitor works the hardest, cares the most, and makes the best of what they have.
Kerri Walsh
#22. There is always someone better than you. Whatever it is that you do for a living, chances are, you will run into a situation in which you are not as talented as the person next to you. That's when being a competitor can make a difference in your fortunes.
Pat Summitt
#23. Scorn also to depress thy competitor by any dishonest or unworthy method; strive to raise thyself above him only by excelling him; so shall thy contest for superiority be crowned with honour, if not with success.
Akhenaton
#24. Japan is our rival, not our enemy. Japan is a competitor ... Bashing a Toyota won't make a better car.
Ross Perot
#25. Be your biggest competitor - challenge yourself each day to be better than you were yesterday.
Kaoru
#26. Often-times the most difficult competition comes, not from the strong, the intelligent, the conservative competitor, but from the man who is holding on by the eyelids and is ignorant of his costs, and anyway he's got to keep running or bust!
John D. Rockefeller
#27. Look at the world. There is no pure competitor to the United States of America.
Colin Powell
#28. If you're not a competitor, you've just got to go home.
Venus Williams
#29. The best I fight is when I'm just there being a competitor and enjoying myself.
Alexis Davis
#30. I've been in basketball a long time, and nobody is more of a competitor than I am.
Steve Alford
#31. I've played a Nintendo Wii. I don't see it as a competitor. It's more of an expensive niche game device. We're selling a lot of PlayStation 3s now and it's still the best way to buy a Blu-ray player.
Howard Stringer
#32. I simply want to be remembered as a great competitor and a great teammate.
Steve Nash
#33. You should learn from your competitor, but never copy. Copy and you die.
Jack Ma
#34. There are multiple ways to be externally focused that are very successful. You can be customer-focused or competitor-focused. Some people are internally focused, and if they reach critical mass, they can tip the whole company.
Jeff Bezos
#35. As a competitor and an athlete, you have to believe in yourself. And you have to believe in the people who believe in you.
Tim Tebow
#36. I concluded that I'm a competitor. And, whatever happens, you keep leading. You can't fear anybody. Why? Because at the end of the day, I might not be in this job a couple of years from now. I'm here to win.
Masai Ujiri
#37. Customer expectations? Nonsense. No customer ever asked for the electric light, the pneumatic tire, the VCR, or the CD. All customer expectations are only what you and your competitor have led him to expect. He knows nothing else.
W. Edwards Deming
#38. If you do it first class and you don't compromise values, and you don't compromise quality, and you don't compromise service, and you don't compromise cleanliness, then everybody else who is the competitor has got to play catch-up.
Ray Kroc
#39. I don't want to be known as just a 'Dance Moms' competitor. I'd really like to be known for all of Sia's work, too.
Maddie Ziegler
#40. Now here I am almost 52 years old, it's really easy. I'm way more at peace. But when you're a competitor, and you're as intent on becoming the best in the world as I was, it comes with consequences.
Kirk Gibson
#41. The greatest competitor of true devotion to Jesus is the service we do for Him. It is easier to serve than to pour out our lives completely for Him.
Oswald Chambers
#42. 'Monday Night Football' is a competitor to 'Monday Night Raw.'
Stephanie McMahon
#43. The greatest competitor was Bob Gibson. He worked so fast out there and he always had the hood up. He always wanted to close his own deal. He never talked to you because he was battling so hard. I sure as hell don't miss batting against him, but I miss him in the game.
Pete Rose
#44. My mom was a professional fitness competitor, so I go into the gym with her. I train with my dad and mother. It's embarrassing, because she's really strong.
Booboo Stewart
#45. Once you create a loyal customer base, it's tough for a competitor to take that away.
Joe Mansueto
#46. Today is a time of turbulence and stagnation, of threat and promise from a competitor: the magic, omnivorous videocassette recorder (VCR). In other words, it is business as usual.
Richard Corliss
#47. We can never have too much preparation and training. We must be a strong competitor. We must adhere staunchly to the basic principle that anything less than full equality is not enough. If we compromise on that principle our soul is dead.
Ralph Bunche
#48. There's no better friend to any merchant than a fair competitor.
James Cash Penney
#49. My dad was a really intense competitor and that rubbed off on me. He was loud and vocal on the court, so I let him do all the talking. But I developed a kind of quiet intensity that I knew I had to have to improve and compete with grown men. It took every ounce of focus.
Karch Kiraly
#50. The game Flights of Fancy or Reverse Strip Jump is played from as high a jumping-point as a competitor will dare. After each successful jump, the competitor is allowing to put on an article of clothing. Thirteen jumps is normally more than enough to see a competitor fully dressed for the day.
Peter Greenaway
#51. I come from an area where it's mostly, like, football and basketball, those are the sports. So my brother started surfing ... I used to make fun of him for it, and then he challenged me to do it, and I'm a huge competitor, and I did it ,and I got hooked.
Manny Montana
#52. You define yourself by either what your clients want or what you believe they'll need for the future. So: Define yourself by your client, not your competitor.
Ginni Rometty
#53. Yesterday I lost not only a competitor, friend but most importantly a brother. Andy Irons you will be in my heart for eternity! R.I.P AI
Mick Fanning
#55. A big part of winning is having lots of good luck. And I think a good competitor makes his own luck. That's why he is a winner. Luck to me is lots of determination lots of hard work, faith in myself, and in God.
Lane Frost
#56. I was a world champion on the trampoline at an international level, and gymnastics competitor.
Dan Millman
#57. He's a very competitive competitor, that's the sort of competitor he is.
Dorian Williams
#58. I'd never buy something, even if it's a great brand, that is a competitor to something I already own; that's insane.
Francois-Henri Pinault
#59. I don't know if I'd call myself a prodigy, but I was a big forensics competitor in high school, and then during college I spent some time working at speech and debate camps as a coach.
Josh Gad
#60. Nintendo DS is not standing still. As a tenth serious competitor decides to make a run at Game Boy, DS raises the bar on portable gaming, before they even get started.
Reggie Fils-Aime
#61. So as an amateur Olympic competitor I loved criticism, because it made me better. But now as a professional I don't really know how to channel it or where to take it, so I don't take it quite as well.
Scott Hamilton
#62. Sports have always been a huge part of my life and my conversations. It is a thrill and an honor to be a part of this ground-breaking show. I am a competitor at heart, but a true sports fan to my core.
Summer Sanders
#63. Nothing focuses the mind better than the constant sight of a competitor who wants to wipe you off the map.
D. Wayne Calloway
#64. When there are doubters, it always fuels the fire a little bit. When people say you can't do something, if you are a competitor, that drives you.
Ben Roethlisberger
#66. I had the most incredible time on 'Dancing With the Stars.' It never occurred to me when I took it on that I would physically not be able to do it because that's not in an Olympic competitor's vocabulary! It was the most wonderful environment, such a nurturing environment.
Dorothy Hamill
#67. In the world of Internet Customer Service, it's important to remember your competitor is only one mouse click away.
Douglas A. Warner III
#68. I'm a competitor. I really enjoyed the race more than just going out and running to run.
Shannon Miller
#69. Even if your competitor is still small in size or weak, you should take him seriously and treat him as a giant. Likewise, even if your competitor is massive in size, you shouldn't regard yourself as a weakling.
Jack Ma
#70. Her (Beverly Powers) face was round and sweet, but her eyes were another matter. Whatever sport she'd played, this woman had been a ferocious competitor.
I was profoundly glad I hadn't been having an affair with her husband.
Charlaine Harris
#71. You're not smarter than your competitor. Just copy what they do and do it until you get their numbers.
Mark Pincus
#72. I always wanted the ball in my hands with a game on the line, as I think any real competitor does.
Jerry West
#73. Some people are saying it's a slap in the face for me to go to a competitor, but it also was a slap in my face that they would go out and trade for Matt Williams, especially when my situation was unsure.
Albert Belle
#74. We had a couple of minor coups that made a big difference. We snared away from a competitor a correspondent already on the ground in Afghanistan. That was an enormous help to us, because there we were.
Brit Hume
#75. I'm a competitor and a very proud man. If a guy beats me once, he'll have to do it again to make me believe him.
Sugar Ray Leonard
#76. I think Jim Taylor was very underrated, never hear much about him. We played Green Bay every year in exhibition, and generally we played them every couple of years in regular season. And I always thought he was a fierce competitor.
Bob Lilly
#77. Business is a string of seemingly impossible problems looking for solutions. Each problem you solve creates a new barrier to entry for your next competitor.
Jon Oringer
#78. If you're a company, my advice is to remember that you can't have it both ways. You can't treat your customers like family one moment and then treat them impersonally - or, even worse, as a nuisance or a competitor - a moment later when this becomes more convenient or profitable.
Dan Ariely
#79. Yoga is all about what you do, actually do, for yourself. Every competitor that is there is there for themselves.
Rajashree Choudhury
#80. The greatest development after age 21 was shown by Steinitz, who increased his rating by more than a full class interval. Steinitz was the deep student and fierce competitor to the end of his career.
Arpad Elo
#81. NOTORIETY, n. The fame of one's competitor for public honors. The kind of renown most accessible and acceptable to mediocrity. A Jacob's-ladder leading to the vaudeville stage, with angels ascending and descending.
Ambrose Bierce
#82. The wolf is neither man's competitor nor his enemy. He is a fellow creature with whom the earth must be shared.
L. David Mech
#83. I was born in Africa. I came to California because it's really where new technologies can be brought to fruition, and I don't see a viable competitor.
Elon Musk
#84. I am so happy and proud to learn of Hideo Nomo's election to the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame. He was quite a pitcher and competitor, but he is also a very special and caring person.
Tommy Lasorda
#85. Managers' responsibility is to ensure that people deliver the expected results, which are the company's strategy. The company's strategy, in turn, determines its competitive advantage. So, if a manager does a poor job of motivating employees' productivity, the enterprise is a weak competitor.
Anna Stevens
#86. A product is something made in a factory; a brand is something that is bought by the customer. A product can be copied by a competitor; a brand is unique. A product can be quickly outdated; a successful brand is timeless.
Stephen King
#87. If anyone has ever sold you anything with a warning to fear the consequences if you don't buy it, they are using a proverbial gun to your head to help you see the "value" of choosing them over their competitor. Or perhaps it's just a banana. But it works.
Simon Sinek
#88. I don't know that I came across as being real competitive on 'The Bachelor,' although maybe I did a little bit on 'Dancing with the Stars.' I am a born competitor. The bigger the challenge the better!
Jake Pavelka
#89. In rowing as in life, there are competitors and there are racers. The competitor works hard and rows to his limit. The racer does not think of limits, only the race.
Jim Dietz
#90. UFC is not a competitor to the WWE because we are entertainment and UFC is competitive sport. It's very different.
Stephanie McMahon
#91. I can't risk getting hurt. I have to be smart about what I'm doing. But the competitor in you wants to try it, wants to see how you would do. But at the same time, after a few rounds I'm so tired, and my arms are so tired after punching. It's a whole different monster.
Cullen Jenkins
#92. Well, that's what the consumer wants, and we're not putting a gun to their head to eat it. That's what they want. If we give them less, they'll buy less, and the competitor will get our market. So you're sort of trapped.
Michael Moss
#93. Payne Stewart was a vicious competitor. He only played to win, ... Only God can change hearts.
Paul Azinger
#94. The successful competitor, having been urged to compete, must not be turned on when he wins.
Learned Hand
#95. Men often compete with one another until the day they die. Comradeship consists of rubbing shoulders jocularly with a competitor.
Edward Hoagland
#96. Being a competitor, you always believe you can come back. I'll be up at 3 in the morning watching World Cup races in my hotel whether I'm in Asia on a business trip or in New York City and have to get up in 2 hours.
Apolo Ohno
#97. I can honestly say that I never 'enjoyed' our meetings, but the respect I have for Peyton Manning as a competitor was, and will likely remain, second to none.
Bill Belichick
#98. Dell Computers announced they're releasing a competitor for the iPad. Now it is, in fact, a great alternative for people who already have an iPad, but are fed up with it working all the time.
Craig Ferguson
#100. with clever strategic planning, you can eliminate your competitor's advantage.
Eric Bolling
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