Famous Quotes & Sayings

Margaret Halsey

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

Maureen McCormick

As soon as I hear the word 'competition' I get serious and start doing everything that I can do.

John Shadegg

Health care comprises nearly 20 percent of our national economy, but outdated bureaucracy and red tape have stifled competition and raised costs. As a result, today more than 45 million are without any health coverage.

John Ralston Saul

Unregulated competition is a naive metaphor for anarchy.

Michael Caine

Acting is not a competition; everything must be done for the good of the film or else everybody loses.

Michael Chang

I was always really strict on myself about doing everything possible to prepare for competition.

Lyman Abbott

It is in vain for us to devise schemes by which competition can be put out of civilized life. Competition is the condition of life.

Joe Barton

Let the market work. Competition will drive investment.

Last year we won that tournament with an even younger team, but the competition this year was a lot stronger. And that's good. The stronger competition is only going to make us better ourselves.

Many of the students that come out here take this competition very seriously.

Many of my students are now looking to the high school level, and this competition has inspired them to continue with their interest in math. Math is going to be even more import as we get further into the technology age.

Alexis Arguello

It was a natural process, because when we go to the ring we are human beings, but once you feel the punches and the competition that's when the beast comes out and takes hold of us.

Obviously, my game is a little different than his. I like to pattern myself after his competitiveness. He doesn't ever back down from anything, which is how I've always tried to be.

Dwane Casey

Right now, Marcus is our point guard. Marko continues to work. I think that competition makes your team better. Right now, Marcus is doing a good job and has done nothing wrong to lose his position.

Right now, everything is in place for the competition to really begin. In the past, manufacturers were tinkering with standards and technology, but now that they have that all figured out, the race has begun.

Right now, everything is in place for the competition to really begin.

David Moyes

Phil is a quality footballer who will, I feel certain, improve and enhance the squad we are putting together here. We have staved off a great deal of competition to get him.

People will stay home or go where they can smoke. Our competition is a five minute Metro ride away.

Arnold Palmer

Peter and I have been good friends for a long time and we've played a lot of golf together, in competition and otherwise. It's a relationship that has been ongoing for many, many years and once again, to have the opportunity to play as we will, it's going to be fun. I just hope I can keep him from being embarrassed by my poor golf.

Nikki trained very hard for this competition and it was good to see her shoot as well as she did.

On the other side, it's a competition and I think that always make you better.

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.

Baylor has done extremely well in their inaugural season. They have won every head to head competition they've been in and done well in their IHSA format.

Because we are a two-state area, this kind of competition is unavoidable. Corporations are very sophisticated, and they're going to seek all the options they can because that's what's advantageous to them.

China's PC market is facing increasing competition as the market opens up to foreign competition.

Online poker operators are facing increasing competition at all levels. The World Poker Congress will highlight the strategies, products and services that will help any online poker room stay at the top of their game.

Michaela Dorfmeister

My decision to give up competition seems to have relaxed me more than I ever expected.

More competition in the market generally leads to better prices for consumers.

More competition (at this outing), so this will be a truer test to see how good we are. There is some unknown competition with the schools from Spokane.

More than 20 years on, sustained competition, informed customers and the rapid growth of new technology provide the necessary environment for substantial deregulation.

More people are entering the labor force, so there is more competition. More competition means there's less leverage for employees.

My goal is to out ride myself from the last time. Sure, everyone likes competition, but my main competition is myself.