Famous Quotes & Sayings

These deals leave standalone entities in a precarious position given likely competition from larger companies. BellSouth and Qwest have to decide how important a national presence is.

The stiffer competition probably played into (the 'Idol' falloff),

The story you'll start to see people talk about as rates go up around the world is, what type of competition will there be for stocks.

At training, the guys are looking sharp, because of the increased competition for places in the team, and if they can take that into the match, that will be wonderful.

Maria Sharapova

That's makes it even tougher but that's what it's all about. That's why we're here, for the competition. I love it when it gets tough.

Mike Hargrove

The most heated competition will be at second base. We've got three very good, quality candidates. These are all legitimate guys.

They (Trinity's shooters) did a really good job when they needed to. They've been slowly getting better all year, and they peaked at just right the time. The competition was incredibly tough. We knew we had to shoot 800 to have a chance.

They tried to force a competition at the Olympics. The conditions were not fair. It's disappointing because we have time to have a fair competition, but they are just trying to get it out of the way.

They tested him every week. And he was always up for the challenge. It was like that with him from Day One here, and everybody here knew he was going to be a great player just from his confidence and competitiveness.

A lot of our competition has saved tests. Maybe that will help them, maybe it will hurt them.

Graeme Samuel

A merger of the second and third largest suppliers of architectural and decorative paint has the potential to lead to a significant reduction in competition and increased prices.

This is a way I can represent my school and that's important to me. I love the competition.

This is exactly the healthy competition we, as selectors, are looking for. Hopefully others will also perform better.

This is an important meet for us. We are sending a full team, and it's the last competition before the Big Ten Indoor Championships. All of the athletes' training has been geared toward peaking at Big Ten's, and we feel like the team is on course at this point.

Steve Greene

This is a nice competition level for us going into the tournaments. Our spread time is right at where we want it, under 60 seconds.

This is the freshest I've ever felt after a game. Having some depth is so much better for us. When we're in there, we can give 100 percent, have more enthusiasm and energy and fresh legs. There's definitely more competition on the team - it forces the starters to stay on their toes and practice hard. But it's good for the defense.

This is not what Larry Johnston envisioned when he took on the job, but amid relentless competition there was just a very long path to profitability.

This is not to restrict them, but to protect fair competition, which is good for the industry.

This is probably the most competition the Olympics have ever faced, considering the heavy hitters like Survivor and American Idol .

This is supposed to be a competition for the position for the governor of the state of New York, not a coronation.

This is the end of traditional head-to-head competition.

Brad Richards

This is the competition we're used to playing, and this is the game we're used to playing.

Jon Gruden

This game will play into those decisions, no question about it, ... We've got a pretty good idea what we're going to do on opening day in Minnesota in terms of who the starters will be, but the competition is still pretty tight at those three spots.

There wasn't a lot of high-powered competition. There were mainly non-Division I schools, but there were definitely some very good athletes. There was not as much competition as a typical meet that we go to, but that's what we wanted right before the Big East conference.

There was lots of good competition today. It really helped us by driving our times down.

There will be hunters and hunted, winners and losers. What counts in global competition is the right strategy and success.

There will be competition at all positions. No starters are set in stone.

There will be a lot of competition out there by the time these products get to market -- if they do.

There will a lot of good competition from Division I and II schools.

There were a lot of great races and some pretty good competition for us in some events. I felt it was a real nice meet for us and a nice confidence-builder as we are approaching the halfway mark of the season.

There's a lot of competition in this team. Whoever is doing the job at the time is going to play.

There's a lot of competition for a kid's time. You have the Internet. You have video games. Kids are being pulled in a lot of directions,

There might have been a little tougher competition in the A-10 at the time. Temple always had good teams, and George Washington, Rhode Island and St. Joseph's were tough. But there probably isn't a lot of difference.