Quotes About Competitiveness

#1. The finest of athletes have, along with skill, a few more essential qualities: to conduct their life with dignity, with integrity, with courage and modesty. All these, are totally compatible with pride, ambition, determination and competitiveness

Donald Bradman

#2. I've said this a lot - I'm afraid to have girls! I've worked with kids before, and I just relate to boys better. I like their competitiveness and aggression: that's more my style. I'm still dead set on doing whatever I can to make sure I only have boys!

Derek Theler

#3. My dad is like a cactus - introverted and tough. I'm a people person, like my mom, but I got my competitiveness from my dad. He came to this country from Belarus with nothing and built a real business. He's my hero for giving me that need to run a business and for having enormous confidence in me.

Gary Vaynerchuk

#4. The company of certain people may excite our generosity and sensitivity, while that of others awakens our competitiveness and envy.

Alain De Botton

#5. Attachment strangles freedom and clarity and makes us a puppet to our desires and cravings; attachment is the root of suffering, a root that if left unattended grows into a tree which drops the fruits of anger, greed, envy, dispersion, competitiveness, ego and pain

Evan Sutter

#6. The budget acknowledges the importance of maintaining our ports and waterways to encourage commercial deep-draft navigation and economic competitiveness.

Jeff Landry

#7. Mediocre design provably wastes the world's resources, corrupts the environment, affects international competitiveness. Design is important.

Fred Brooks

#8. More of the same will just produce more of the same: less competitiveness, less growth, fewer jobs.

David Cameron

#9. We see entrepreneurship and small businesses and supply chains as a critical part of the economic growth and competitiveness agenda.

Karen Mills

#10. The main weakness of competitiveness policy as currently practiced in Latin America is deficient implementation and lack of evaluation of programs, rooted in lack of coordination among state agencies.

Evelyne Huber

#11. Freedom of expression is no longer a political nicety, but a precondition for economic competitiveness.

Alvin Toffler

#12. I'm not a Republican, but I have some conservative views on certain things. I'm not a Democrat, either. It's just very difficult that these people hate each other over a belief. I think it all comes down to ego and competitiveness.

Mike Tyson

#13. If we don't re-charge the American Brand, all future challenges - economic, social and political - are destined to be driven to the brink, further jeopardizing the strength and competitiveness of our country and its citizens.

Alan Siegel

#14. The crucial disadvantage of aggression, competitiveness and skepticism as national characteristics is that these qualities cannot be turned off at five o'clock.

Margaret Halsey

#15. Research conducted throughout the world shows gender balance in top positions contributes to improved competitiveness and better business performance.

Beth Brooke

#16. I said, yet again, for Germany, Europe is not only indispensable, it is part and parcel of our identity. We've always said German unity, European unity and integration, that's two parts of one and the same coin. But we want, obviously, to boost our competitiveness.

Angela Merkel

#17. At the heart of the Irish economy has always been the philosophy of tax competitiveness. On the cranky left, that is very annoying; I can see that.

Bono

#18. Competitiveness is a personality thing and competitive people don't become pushovers the day they turn fifty.

Hale Irwin

#19. We [chefs] are competitive, although I think you need to be careful with competitiveness as it can become quite negative.

Paul Rankin

#20. Every quarterback can throw a ball; every running back can run; every receiver is fast; but that mental toughness that you talk about translates into competitiveness.

Tom Brady

#21. Persistent inequality costs the U.S. hundreds of billions of dollars a year, undermining our global competitiveness, our democracy, and our ideals as a nation.

Wendy Kopp

#22. You had to have a unanimous jury verdict, and one percent of contributory negligence barred all recovery. It was so satisfying to realize I could do it. And I'll tell you what motivated me: competitiveness. I was betting on me. That's what a contingent-fee lawyer does.

Joe Jamail

#23. Following the rise of the Labour Party it seemed reasonable, in 1927, to expect, or at least hope, that co-operation for the common good might gradually replace the competitiveness of capitalism.

Dora Russell

#24. You just hear this constant whining, complaining about a loss of competitiveness, America in decline

Phil Gramm

#25. My father taught us that to thrive, excellence in technology, quality, and customer service along with cost competitiveness is a prerequisite. His contribution to business, the economy, and society at large can never be underscored enough.

Kumar Mangalam Birla

#26. Unless we increase our economy's productivity-its vitality and competitiveness-we will face pressure for increasing controls.

Charles H. Percy

#27. A country's competitiveness starts not on the factory floor or in the engineering lab. It starts in the classroom.

Lee Iacocca

#28. In the 20 years before Greece end up with the Euro, efforts to improve competitiveness through exchange rate and adjustments resulted only in temporary gains of competitiveness.

Lucas Papademos

#29. And the trajectory that our debt is taking now beyond $14 trillion is going to have an impact on our currency. It goes south, and our currency's going to have an impact on our standard of living and affect every family in this country, and over time, our international competitiveness.

Jon Huntsman Jr.

#30. I don't think you can be a director without a kind of sense of competitiveness.

David Heyman

#31. World is a multi-dimensional reality. At lower level it is full with unconsciousness and competitiveness. At higher level it is full with beauty, bliss and divinity. Focus on higher dimensions.

Amit Ray

#32. You must not only have competitiveness but ability, regardless of the circumstance you face, to never quit

Abby Wambach

#33. By now, it seems as if everyone has already read Thomas L. Friedman's 'The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century.' It changed the way we think about global business, competitiveness and the implication for far-flung economies, governments, education and more.

Andrew Ross Sorkin

#34. My rule of writing is that no one can do what you can do, so jealousy or competitiveness are pointless. I am always happy when one of my sisters has a book published that I get to read.

Hallie Ephron

#35. Over the long term, the only way we're going to raise wages, grow the economy, and improve American competitiveness is by investing in our people - especially their educations.

Robert Reich

#36. America is sinking under the crushing weight of the ever-expanding regulatory state. This burden threatens to disrupt our recovery, hamper long-term growth, undermine our global competitiveness, and suffocate the entrepreneurial spirit so vital to America's success.

Tom J. Donohue

#37. The other thing I knew I had was a high level of competitiveness.

Mike Krzyzewski

#38. The issue for me is American competitiveness, and how do we best create a climate here that allows international capital to come to these shores to create jobs.

Vito Fossella

#39. Eurobonds are absolutely wrong. In order to bring about common interest rates, you need similar competitiveness levels, similar budget situations. You don't get them by collectivizing debts.

Angela Merkel

#40. I am confident that we can overcome this crisis, provided that we remain united in our effort to address our debt and competitiveness problems. And I think that the Greek people are united; it's important also that the political forces are united in line with the will of the Greek people.

Lucas Papademos

#41. We do not need Departments of Commerce, Labor, and Education; we need a single Department of Skills that will promote an integrated approach to global competitiveness.

Louis V. Gerstner Jr.

#42. Net neutrality is the right thing for our democracy, economy, and global competitiveness. And Americans support an open Internet.

Marvin Ammori

#43. Like every art form, there are jealousies and angers and competitiveness in magic. But there's camaraderie among magicians, whether you perform it for a living or you're an enthusiast.

Ricky Jay

#44. Cease from envy, prejudice and unhealthy competitiveness. Never abandon your own mission and brand to pursue the seemingly exciting mission or vision of another.

Archibald Marwizi

#45. Core competence, as it is used by many managers, is a dangerously inward-looking notion. Competitiveness is far more about doing what customers value than doing what you think you're good at.

Clayton Christensen

#46. I like working, I just don't like to get involved in the competitiveness of it.

Brie Larson

#47. Solidarity and competitiveness are the two sides of a European coin.

Angela Merkel

#48. Basketball is a pretty simple game. What wins is consistency and competitiveness.

Gregg Popovich

#49. I think competitiveness between two people is still relevant, and the battle of the sexes still intrigues.

Julian Ovenden

#50. The government is determined to continue the process of fiscal consolidation and structural reform in order to secure sound public finances and improve the country's international competitiveness.

Lucas Papademos

#51. Take young researchers, put them together in virtual seclusion, give them an unprecedented degree of freedom and turn up the pressure by fostering competitiveness.

James D. Watson

#52. I probably went into sports with a sense of competitiveness and came out of it even more competitive.

Mike Duke

#53. To restore America's competitiveness, we must recruit a new generation of science and technology leaders by investing in diversity.

Barack Obama

#54. The overall effect of the GEA will be to increase unit production costs, diminish competitiveness, cut the rate of return to capital in key sectors, reduce employment, and make households worse off,

Ross McKitrick

#55. Britain is one of the world's most open economies. More dependent on trade than any other major country. Our success depends on our competitiveness and our competitiveness depends on raising our productivity, as our competitors are raising theirs.

Philip Hammond

#56. The EU should be concentrated on adapting to globalisation and global competitiveness, not building more powerful centralised institutions in Brussels.

William Hague

#57. Do not presume global competitiveness from any feature of society in Silicon Valley, save those which are directly related to building great tech companies.

Anonymous

#58. [A] ccounting results dominated most managers' attention to the point where they no longer knew, or cared, about the production, technological, and marketing determinants of competitiveness.

Jeremy Hope

#59. The notion of the competitiveness of countries, on the model of the competitiveness of companies, is nonsense.

Martin Wolf

#60. The key problem is the debt restructuring in the euro zone. As long as the debt burden is not reduced, there is no chance of the weaker EU countries regaining competitiveness.

George Soros

#61. President Obama has asked me to chair his new President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness.

Jeffrey R. Immelt

#62. Hire sales people who are really smart problem solvers, but lack courage, hunger and competitiveness, and your company will go out of business.

Ben Horowitz

#63. The system of creating opportunities for those who were by law excluded, you've got to do that. But you mustn't create a perception that the process is devoid of competitiveness ... devoid of building a world class, sustainable black business community.

Patrice Motsepe

#64. In secondary school I was floating - I wasn't passionate about anything. I did a little sport, but it was pretty joyless because the competitiveness was too much to bear.

Andrew Garfield

#65. It comes down to competitiveness. I hate to lose. We want people in our organization that hate to lose - that want to compete every single day, so you continue to strive to win.

Bob Myers

#66. Rest assured, the government is ready to support and enhance the competitiveness of the biotechnology industry.

Mo Mowlam

#67. The Chinese government clearly sees Internet and mobile innovation as a major driver of its global economic competitiveness going forward.

Rebecca MacKinnon

#68. There are a very few consistent, common threads among the most successful NFL quarterbacks. Most of them are intangibles, which you can't measure with a physical test. You need leadership ability, competitiveness, drive, and will. You need focus, poise, and charisma.

Drew Brees

#69. I want to work with kids and help develop them, show them the right way, the right morals and attitude into how to become a better footballer. Australia has many different cultures but I'd like to bring in the indigenous style, bring their competitiveness, athleticism and raw ability into the frame.

Timothy F. Cahill

#70. The secret impetus behind legalism is its competitiveness. The point is not just to win: it's to beat everyone else.

Mark Buchanan

#71. There are many examples of companies and countries that have improved their competitiveness and efficiency by adopting open source strategies. The creation of skills through all levels is of fundamental importance to both companies and countries.

Mark Shuttleworth

#72. We are turning against boys and forgetting a simple truth: that the energy, competitiveness, and corporal daring of normal, decent males is responsible for much of what is right in the world.

Christina Hoff Sommers

#73. The German export successes are not the result of some sort of currency manipulation, but of the increased competitiveness of companies. The American growth model, on the other hand, is in a deep crisis.

Wolfgang Schauble

#74. Even though effective competition is the best tool to strengthen innovation and competitiveness in Europe, state aid can also play a very useful supporting role,

Neelie Kroes

#75. This is a sensible response to employer concerns that the minimum wage is starting to have a damaging impact on competitiveness.

Digby Jones, Baron Jones Of Birmingham

#76. Excellence and competitiveness aren't incompatible with honesty and integrity.

Jack Welch

#77. The Philippines ranks among top off-shoring hubs in the world because of cost competitiveness and, more importantly, our highly trainable, English proficient, IT-enabled management and manpower.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

#78. A state-based regulatory system is quite burdensome. It allows price controls to create market distortions. It can hinder development of national products and can directly impact the competitiveness of U.S. insurers.

Henry Paulson

#79. Things are going better: there is more growth, less deficit, more competitiveness, better margins for companies, more purchasing power for workers.

Francois Hollande

#80. I am personally convinced - and I think the Greek people share this belief in a fundamental way - that we can achieve fiscal consolidation more effectively and we can restore competitiveness in a more fundamental and permanent way within the euro area than outside.

Lucas Papademos

#81. I believe that we have not yet played out full competitiveness in the notchback segment.

Winfried Vahland

#82. Our future growth relies on competitiveness and innovation, skills and productivity ... and these in turn rely on the education of our people.

Julia Gillard

#83. Lleyton Hewitt ... his two greatest strengths are his legs, his speed, his agility and his competitiveness.

Pat Cash

#84. The advantage comes out of the capability of Indian engineers and the competitiveness of their capabilities and the cost at which they can create those capabilities.

Baba Kalyani

#85. Competitiveness must be focused exclusively on the process of what you are doing rather than the result of that effort (the so-called winning or losing).

John Wooden

#86. Now the main areas of higher education that still enjoy considerable financial support from government are subjects like engineering and science and the research ringfence which is the basic minimum to protect Britain's scientific competitiveness.

Vince Cable

#87. Energy is significantly underpriced in many parts of the world, leading to wasteful consumption, price volatility and fuel smuggling. It's also undermining the competitiveness of renewables.

Fatih Birol

#88. From the age of 6, when I won my first race in skiing, I was on the national ski teams, really until Olympics in '72, so I always had a lot of discipline and commitment to achieve as much as I could in good way. Competitiveness doesn't stop when you stop skiing.

Ivana Trump

#89. So Europe needs to be competitive and we also need to be competitive if we wish to remain an interesting economic partner for the United States. This has to be done on the basis of strength, of competitiveness.

Angela Merkel

#90. Taken as a whole, Europe's share of world output is projected to fall by almost a third in the next two decades. This is the competitiveness challenge - and much of our weakness in meeting it is self-inflicted. Complex rules restricting our labour markets are not some naturally occurring phenomenon.

David Cameron

#91. Competitiveness is really what it costs you per man-hour to get you what you want. In other words, there's an education level that plays into the mix and so if it's inexpensive to buy an hour of real good education in places like China versus the U.S., that factors in.

Ray Dalio

#92. India is the most competitive manufacturing destination on this planet. If we are able to take advantage of that competitiveness for our domestic markets, this country would be humming with activity; industrial production will grow at 10-11% per year.

Baba Kalyani

#93. Personally, I think that for example the chemical directive in its present form does too much damage to the chemical industry - especially the medium sized businesses - and will hurt our worldwide competitiveness.

Angela Merkel

#94. Competitiveness demands flexibility, choice and openness - or Europe will fetch up in a no-man's land between the rising economies of Asia and market-driven North America.

David Cameron

#95. Coal is absolutely critical to our nation's economic health and global competitiveness.

Jerry Costello

#96. My philosophy is that you don't motivate players with speeches; you have motivated players that you draft. That's where they come in, and those are the guys that are competitive. You can not teach competitiveness.

Phil Jackson

#97. We need dynamic and thriving businesses and a skilled and adaptable labour force to produce competitiveness and prosperity.

David Blunkett

#98. Competitiveness always rests on the assumption of a life-and-death struggle.

Hugh Nibley

#99. I learned then that my competitiveness is so strong I can't even control it.

Choi Minho

#100. There's a part of bohemia I love. The lack of prejudice, the lack of aggression, I love the lack, for the most part, of competitiveness. It's more peaceful.

Peter Mullan