45 Best Competition Quotes

Second place is just the first loser. - Dale Earnhardt

You just started a game you can't win. – Randall Boggs

Pressure is a privilege. It only comes to those who earn it. - Lisa Fernandez

Baseball is like a war... but I fight to win without hatred. – Roberto Clemente

Thirty days to outdo yesterday's self.

The difference between first and last is often just a matter of inches.

Racing is about the thrill of the chase and the agony of defeat.

Rule #76: No excuses, play like a champion. – Jeremy Grey

The bouquet is the nuclear weapon of a wedding. – Jeremy Grey

The only thing worse than not getting what you want is someone else getting it. – Roger Sterling

You're a killer. Go in there and show them that. – Pete Campbell

The winner takes it all. – Howard Hamlin

One cat' takes and shoves 'nother cat' out and shoves an' claws an' bites, an' the first cat' comes back an' shoves 'nother one out, an' pretty soon they's a dead cat' to lay on the ground.

If you ain't first, you're last. – Ricky Bobby

I'm gonna deck your halls, buddy!

I am running this lemonade stand, and the neighborhood kids are trying to take my customers. So I am taking a stand. – Pam Beesly

Calmer than you are. – Walter Sobchak

It don't matter if you win by an inch or a mile. Winning's winning. – Dominic Toretto

This is a game of chess, not checkers. – Luke Hobbs

The price is wrong, bitch! – Happy Gilmore

You will not make this putt, jackass! – Shooter McGavin

That's two thus far, Thurmond. – Shooter McGavin

That's bone. And the lettering is something called Silian Rail. – Patrick Bateman

You're not even a has-been. You're a never-was. And if you were a has-been, that would mean you at least had some talent at one point, which you don't. – Latrell Spencer

We're in a desperate race, not against the Germans, but against reality. – J. Robert Oppenheimer

They're digging in the wrong place! – Indiana Jones

If you're competitor-focused, you have to wait until there is a competitor doing something. Being customer-focused allows you to be more pioneering. – Jeff Bezos

I am not in competition with anyone but myself. My goal is to improve myself continuously. – Bill Gates

I want to win. But I’m not afraid of failure. – LeBron James

I’m trying to beat the guy I was yesterday. – LeBron James

Every time you are not practicing, someone else is. And when you meet them, they will win. – Serena Williams

You can't have a monopoly on a good idea. – Mark Zuckerberg

Time is the friend of the wonderful business, the enemy of the mediocre. – Warren Buffett

Your premium brand had better be delivering something special, or it's not going to get the business. – Warren Buffett

We are not trying to win a time machine war, we are trying to look forward. – Satya Nadella

You want to work on things that no one else is working on. – Larry Page

I think it is often easier to make progress on mega-ambitious dreams. Since no one else is crazy enough to do it, you have little competition. – Larry Page

I think it's often easier to make progress on mega-ambitious dreams. I know that sounds completely nuts. But, since no one else is crazy enough to do it, you have little competition. – Larry Page

We don't generally want to be in a business that has a lot of competitors. – Larry Page

Work like there is someone working 24 hours a day to take it all away from you. – Mark Cuban

The world is changing very fast. Big will not beat small anymore. It will be the fast beating the slow. – Mark Cuban

The minute you stop trying to be better, you've lost. – Mark Cuban

Do the work. Out-work. Out-think. Out-sweat everyone else. – Mark Cuban

You should learn from your competitor, but never copy. Copy and you die. – Jack Ma

I want to top myself. That's my goal. Other people don't really matter. – Quentin Tarantino