Famous Quotes & Sayings

Tom Stoppard

I am aware, as everybody has to be, that there's more competition for one's attention nowadays.

I am going to spend a lot more time on our competition side, so I am going to be here a lot more. It's just an easier place for me to spend time.

I am just really glad we have all come together the way we have this season. We haven't been tested a whole lot. We had a good series at Auburn and faced good competition there. All in all we have just done our jobs. I think all of us have found our roles so far.

John Connolly

I am focused on the positives - Super 14 provides the opportunity to look at more players than we have in the past with greater competition for places.

I am really proud of the way the team competed throughout the league. We showed tremendous growth in our three competition dates. The league is an integral part of our spring season. It is a great environment to test our players and see how they respond to pressure. Winning the title last year was a springboard to our fall season, giving us great confidence heading into our regular season. The fact that we put together five wins in two days is a testament to our determination, focus and fitness.

I am thinking it's possibly workable. The FIG will have to see how it turns out in the competition situation, and I'm sure they will be doing some small adjustments because it's a big departure from what we've had before.

Ken Dorsey

Hopefully we can get back to having some fun and scoring some points. It's not a competition. As a group, we all have a lot of respect for each other. We all like each other. We prepare together and go into every game together.

There is a need to reduce telecom competition but there are greater opportunities in wireless than long-distance.

We make sure they work hard because the competition at state is a lot tougher. If we want to get over that hurdle we need to play with heart.

It is a good feeling to have that many guys up there. It is a good conference and the competition is really outstanding. The whole league is tight. I am impressed with the runners, they did a good job.

It is all about strategic positioning and competition.

Rahul Dravid

It is a different competition with different rules. Pakistan is a good one-day side especially at home. We have a young side who has done well recently. We are looking forward to it.

Jurgen Klinsmann

It is a competition just like over the rest of the pitch,

I think the nature of competition in the marketplace is very, very challenging for all of us.

I think the idea is to go to spring training and have a competition and see. What it does provide is some insurance if we feel Anthony is not ready.

I think that gave us confidence that we could win titles despite our age. It was motivation for us to get it done in soccer, not just softball. It kicked off a little friendly competition between our sports. It was motivation to try and get in there and be able to do that for our sport as well. Jessica was a big part of that.

I think you're going to find that in the individual event medals, there's more competition for those. And some of the countries that don't have as much depth are going to focus on specialists for those individual event medals.

I think the competition turned out fine. We are going to look at as something positive.

I think the competition is a little tougher.

I think the competition in that space is pretty fierce.

Andy Partridge

I was getting Monkees Monthly and there was a competition to draw a Monkee. I did a caricature of Micky Dolenz and won 10 pounds-a fantastic sum of money for me then. I bought a secondhand tape recorder, which further launched me. They've been very responsible for me getting started.

Amanda Palmer

Those who can ask without shame are viewing themselves in collaboration with-rather than in competition with-the world.

Annie Besant

There is a charm in making a stew, to the unaccustomed cook, from the excitement of wondering what the result will be, and whether any flavour save that of onions will survive the competition in the mixture.

We'll take our lumps initially, but that's the level of competition we're going to have to be in.

Steve Spurrier

We'll still have competition in the field goal department.

Dorothy Hamill

There were no competitions on television. The first skating competition I ever remember seeing on television was the 1968 Olympics when Peggy Fleming won.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

I'm for each and against none.

Dolores Huerta

In fact, the corporations are driving out the competition and it is not getting better, especially when they are not paying income taxes. Thank goodness for the social media out there, because we sure can't count on the corporate media to get the word out.

Dolly Parton

If I'd married someone in show business, there'd be too much competition.

Desmond Tutu

When we look at a conflict, it is so often rooted in injustice, prejudice, competition for resources, poverty, poor governance and corruption.

Dan Jansen

You, and you alone, are the person who should take the measure of your own success. . . . I do not try to be better than anyone else. I only try to be better than myself.

Ambrose Bierce

Conversation, n.: A vocal competition in which the one who is catching his breath is called the listener.

That was a difficult issue. We were looking to find competition that would help us get better. Our league stepped in and helped us. It's still a learning process.