Competitor Quotes - page 3

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)

The standard rumor at the time was that Rumsfeld, as chief of staff, had persuaded President Ford to appoint George H.W. Bush as director of Central Intelligence, assuming that that got rid of a potential competitor for the presidency.

Bobby Ray Inman

The only one I feel pressure from is myself to go and give my all for every match and, obviously, I'm a competitor.

Caroline Wozniacki

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

My mom says I'm a fighter, a fierce competitor, and I think I am, too.

Gabby Douglas

You're only as good as your dumbest competitor.

Gordon Bethune

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

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

Any business owner can tell you that if their company isn't performing profitably and up to standards, one of two things will happen: either you make changes to improve its efficiency, or a competitor will drive you out of business. Market forces have a way of cutting to the chase rather quickly.

J.B. Pritzker

Being a cook doesn't necessarily mean you are a competitor.

Joe Bastianich

If you didn't have patents, no one would bother to spend money on research and development. But with patents, if someone has a good idea and a competitor can't copy it, then that competitor will have to think of their own way of doing it. So then, instead of just one innovator, you have two or three people trying to do something in a new way. (James Dyson)

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

I read the papers, I surf the Web. At the beginning of the year, I try to see at least two episodes of every show on our network. Am I surfing? All the time. I'm aware of the landscape. I'm a competitor, so I have to know whom I'm competing with.

Leslie Moonves

I don't want to be just an average guy. I want to do whatever possible to win a lot of games. I'm a competitor.

Felix Hernandez

Never played football, but I'm an athlete. I'm a competitor.

Michael B. Jordan

It became clear to me by 1984 that Microsoft was likely going to be the big winner in the PC software apps and operating system category, partly because of the dynamics of owning and controlling the operating system: that gave you enormous power, and I came to see Bill Gates was fierce competitor.

Mitch Kapor

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

I wasn't a competitor. I would play outside with my friends, but not really anything like ballet or soccer. I tried to play soccer, and it went badly.

Sibel Kekilli

Politics gets me out of bed in the morning It's what really interests me. I'm a competitor, but I also feel like I'm contributing, whether it's working on health-care policy in the White House or out here in Chicago.

Stephanie Cutter

Katarina Witt. She was the ultimate competitor. She would just stare down people before competition. She was relentless on the ice.

Sarah Hughes

I am someone that is very competitive. When I'm on the field, I compete. When I'm practicing, when I'm in meetings. I'm a competitor in everything. (Tim Tebow)

I just see myself as an athlete and a competitor, someone who just works really hard at trying to get better at golf.

Zach Johnson

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

I mean, as an athlete, as a competitor, you have to have that belief in yourself.

Tiger Woods

Emmitt Smith is someone that I have great respect for - as a player, a competitor and a person. His contributions to the organization and the NFL speak for themselves.

Emmitt Smith

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