Top 315 Competing Quotes

Sibling rivalry was, and still is to this day, rampant in my family. We were all competing for my parents’ divided attention.

I watch the Cannes awards ceremony because I relate more to the films that are competing in Cannes than the ones competing for the Oscars.

I was driven when I was younger. Driven at West Point where it was much more competitive in that women were competing with men on many levels, and I was driven in the military and at Harvard, both competitive environments.

With a lot of action scores, you’re competing with a lot of noise. Say there’s a big explosion: the music would conventionally have a lot of Hollywood-style percussion or brass, because that’s the only thing that will cut through.

I’ve always loved to fight. I love what I do, and that is why I’ve been doing it for so long. I really enjoy fighting and competing at a high level. I love getting in there and getting after it.

Who inside MMA that’s a champion goes to fight Muay Thai? Nobody. But I love competing.

I look forward to competing.

I stay away from big chunks of carbs and try to keep it lean, even when I’m competing.

I just enjoy every day, being with my teammates, going out to perform. I just love competing and I have an extreme passion for the sport.

Competing in both track and field and basketball for the Bruins I have a lot of great memories to choose from. But my all-time favorite moment in collegiate sports has to be in 1982 when we won UCLA’s first NCAA title in track.

I feel like my competition is everything else that’s competing for people’s attention, not just other print magazines, newspapers and cable. It’s your kid’s report card and the games you want to play, all the things that compete for people’s time.

The ability to ‘multitask,’ to switch rapidly among many competing focuses of attention, has become the hallmark of a successful citizen of the 21st century.

America has always had an affinity for the automobile. It’s something everybody can understand. A bunch of cars competing, and the fastest guy wins.

I knew I wanted to fight. It’s a great way to continue competing and not to mention actually make money. You can make a career out of it.

Cable and satellite businesses are competing against fixed-line telephone companies and wireless companies.

The athletes are still out competing the same as a Division I team, and I think we’ve done a good job of creating an atmosphere where they’re responsible for their actions and their play.

The Olympic Games is one of those moments that you remember forever, from the moment that you step foot in the country that you’re competing in to the Closing Ceremony.

I love competing. I love doing all these things, coming to the rink, talking to the guys, doing the routine, working out in the summer, going through that grind.

I really take my hat off to anybody that steps in the ring because it’s so hard – you’re competing against your friends, and you’re working in front of an audience who tells you exactly what they’re thinking.

I’ve always been a guy who comes in not being guaranteed a spot and always fighting for a spot. Any time you’re in a camp, and you’re not a big money guy, you’re always going to be competing for a job.

Every status update you read on Facebook, every tweet or text message you get from a friend, is competing for resources in your brain with important things like whether to put your savings in stocks or bonds, where you left your passport, or how best to reconcile with a close friend you just had an argument with.

I didn’t even think that I could be competing for a gold medal; I was convinced I’d compete for a silver medal.

Teamwork. That’s the biggest lesson you can learn from competing in NCAA gymnastics. Everyone just has to work together, you have to trust in everyone, and everyone has to push you to become the gymnast you want to be.

I love competing, and I love throwing the football.

VH1 is seriously competing for best channel ever.

They have permission to play all the indoor games they want, but my daughters are not going to be competing in public sporting activities.

My father was one of the first Tae Kwon Do Masters to come to the states in the ’60s. He had one of the first all-African-American fighting teams, and I was basically raised in a karate studio since I was 3. It’s part of my blood, competing, and all that stuff was responsible for a lot of me just growing up.

Cell phones tend to bring us more inside of our lives whereas movies offer a chance to escape, so there are two competing forces.

The American system is set up to have two parties competing for votes. But Americans have not had the same two parties to choose from since the beginning.

I would say my most disappointing moment was not competing in a match even though I was Divas Champion at ‘WrestleMania XXVII.’ Although, I did get to be a part of a fun backstage segment with Stone Cold, the Rock, and Mae Young… not too shabby!

I look forward to ‘Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa’ every year because the format of the show is really nice – celebrities coming in and competing with each other. The main reason I do it is Madhuri Dixit. I am a big fan, and I sit next to her, so it’s like a dream.

I love competing.

I love competing in everything that I do, and I try to express that, but I try not to rush it.

Corner is probably different from safeties and linebackers, but I think the important part is coming out each and every day competing, not only trying to get yourself better but also for us on defense pushing the offense as much as we possibly can so we can just improve totally as a team.

I am not competing with anybody from India.

I wasn’t thinking of competing with any artists as such, I was more thinking of being among them, and sharing thoughts with them; like sharing views, ideas, etc.

I just got to keep competing and keep believing.

For me, I love competing.

I guess I feel that competing well and signing all the autographs and just being available to the fans every weekend is the way I can best promote the sport.

For me, the Premier League is full of quality, and the clubs competing at the top are the same who compete at the top of Europe every year.

I loved going to our winter training camps in Perth, Western Australia, when I was competing as a cyclist.

Women are so strong and knowledgeable. You know, instead of competing with each other, I would love to complete each other. Take away that wall of competition and say, ‘Hey, let’s just all get together and help each other be brilliant.’

I’ve learned a tremendous amount. I’ve gained a lot of experience competing at the highest level with the best drivers in the world in F1.

The Olympics are just different. I’m not sure why; the pipe’s the same size, the board you’re riding is the same, you’re competing against pretty much the same people. But the Olympics is the Olympics, and I know it’s a really big deal.

Comcast rents modems directly to consumers, thereby competing directly with companies like Zoom. It has every reason to make Zoom modems more expensive or even to drive companies like Zoom out of business.

My hairdresser Alan, who I’ve known since I began competing, lives with us, along with his husband Nathan, so I have my own gay gaggle.

Later in July I’m going to be promoting and putting on a boxing show of amateur fighters from July 21st through the 28th where one hundred kids will be fighting and competing with each other to see who’s going to be the best.

The joint lubrication was not what it was when I was competing, and I decided that not having arthritis or rheumatism for the rest of my life was a lot more important to me than returning to the track.

I remove a lot of the pressure from myself by saying I’m not competing with my parents. They are the persons who taught me my ideology. They actively practiced what they preached. They’re the exemplars and the role models. So how does one compete with a mentor?

When you’re usually competing and contending, you’re not relying on younger players to produce for you.

I never dreamed when I was competing at The Championships that I would one day be interviewing the winners on Centre Court for the BBC.

As a competitor you want to be out there starting and competing.

For me, it’s more about having fun out there and competing and trying to make a difference in the game in every aspect that I can.

When I think of the most valuable coach, I definitely think of a coach like Geno Auriemma, and the things I learned from him that stick out in my mind are his passion for the game, competing at all the little things and doing it at a high level.

I love to compete in Abu Dhabi. I’ve been there two times, in 2009 and 2011, and it was a great show. It’s a great way to stay sharp because you’re competing with the best grapplers in the world.

We all understand that this isn’t about me beating you and you beating me. It’s about each individual competing against himself.

We can’t worry about competition. Besides, you aren’t competing with anyone but yourself. They have nothing to do with whether you make a good movie or not.