I didn’t have the kind of budget to compete with the big studios, therefore I had to make my films more outlandish, more outrageous.
If I could compete at home, and never leave Rochester, I’d be in perfect condition.
The best bounce rapper ain’t gonna be able to compete with Jay-Z, not on a major scale.
Every night, I go out there, and I try to compete and win.
I didn’t enjoy fighting. All I cared about was trying to beat the scale. Once that got to a point where I couldn’t compete with the scale anymore, I was like, ‘I’m done.’
I won’t win a World Cup, and I won’t win the Olympics, but I’m sure I can compete with the best, and that’s what I want to show.
When I arrived at Liverpool, the budget was £20m gross. When I left, it was £17m, but still people said I must win the title. Manchester United had around £50m more every year, but they said I must compete against them.
I always feel that I compete with myself.
I learned long ago that the most effective way to compete is to play your own game, and I’ve been competing with men my whole life.
When I was trying to find work after drama school in London, it felt like the same actors always got the plum roles, especially in television. We have a smaller market place, vastly fewer drama-producing networks, and they seem to compete for the same established names for those projects.
I’ve been around where I knew other actors were going to steal the scene, and I don’t compete with them.
I’m scared of failure so much more than any of the other girls I compete against that I work so much harder than they possibly could. I’m totally down with spiders and frogs and heights and snakes – everything; I’m cool with it.
Illinois and Chicago have shown they can compete on the world stage, and we will continue to answer the challenge.
I wrestled as a 90-pounder, and I wrestled in the 107-pound class in my first year. I had something inside of me. I could not stand not to compete. And I don’t know why… I don’t know what that’s all about. But that’s deep inside of Doug Harvey.
I want every year to have a chance to compete for a championship.
I was very clear why we put these companies together and what our goals were. It was really to allow both Sears and Kmart to compete in what I thought was going to be a more challenging but evolving industry.
There’s no way I can compete with someone who can write rap or rock and roll. Nor do I wish to. But I’ve always kept up to date with music changes. I worked very hard not to type myself.
I cannot compete with anyone.
Some of the perceptions from my professors were that I was less than or that I wouldn’t be able to compete or wouldn’t be able to meet the same bar as my peers. I don’t want that for my daughter or for any of the girls who come into our program.
I was never motivated by a contract. I was motivated by being the best. So I just compete against myself every day and push to get better.
People in the music business say don’t make too many records because they’ll compete against one another.
A couple teams will grind the shot clock down. Most of the time coaches do that, it’s usually a talent deficit. They can’t compete against the better teams.
One lived in the impression that nobody could ever compete with the ‘Nutcracker’ or ‘A Christmas Carol.’
When I go in to compete, whether it’s gymnastics or anything else, I do my own thing. I compete with myself.
India’s states must compete, not march in lockstep, if India is to develop its own path to sustainable prosperity.
It’s always fun to compete against the best.
I sincerely believe that Indians have the ability to compete with the best in the world.
I realize that although I’d like to make films as a career after I’m done playing, I really love basketball; I really love my career, an opportunity to compete every day and to push myself physically, mentally and emotionally.
When I have to compete with John Coltrane and Miles Davis and Louie Armstrong on iTunes, which I’m doing now, that’s a problem. That means that jazz is not being heard by younger audiences.
Forget about trying to compete with someone else. Create your own pathway. Create your own new vision.
The connectivity declaration is about uniting the whole industry – a lot of companies that typically compete very fiercely – to push in a coherent direction.
The idea that women compete or don’t like each other or undermine each other or sabotage each other, that’s a big miss. That is not true at all. At all. My women connect with each other instantly and help each other.
I was really lucky because I went to an all-girl school, and that single-sex education really helped me because I really learned to bond with women and to not compete with or compare myself as much because we were all allowed to be ourselves and be unique and kind of have our unique strengths.
When I look back over my career, having an opportunity to compete against really good players like Lester Hayes are some of the highlights.
I don’t think any of us can compete with Cowell. He is the best at what he does.
I never felt I was better than anybody, but I always felt I could compete with anybody.
I seem to be the ‘luckiest’ athlete around – and that’s one of the most frustrating things. You compete against a vast array of people and train your whole life for those moments.
I was always more of an athlete. I like to compete.
The true value of having Florida Virtual School in this mix is that it creates a gold standard for all providers to meet if they hope to compete for Florida students. This program raises the bar for everybody, even the traditional public schools. And that benefits all our children.
A lot of these guys in ‘Fight Master’ will compete in Bellator and in mixed mart arts for quite some time.
Women are naturally prone to compete over their mates.
As policymakers, we need to foster an environment that allows U.S.-based innovators and entrepreneurs to compete and to flourish. Excessive regulations and bureaucratic red tape dramatically increase the cost of doing business and create uncertainty for companies.
I think you sign up to win games, and compete, and go out there and lead a team no matter how you can do that.
If the U.S. doesn’t have an export credit agency, which is what the Export-Import Bank is, then we can’t compete with other countries that do. Every other country in the world that competes in aerospace has an export credit agency.
For our team leotards, we get about ten to choose from to actually compete in at the Olympics.
I love to compete. To me, business is the ultimate sport. It’s always on. There is always someone trying to beat me.
We need more of our players to follow the trend and move to Europe, which is the biggest stage in world football, but we’re not doing that, and that makes it difficult for us to compete with other countries.
When the dollar was separated entirely from gold in 1971, it ceased being the official IMF world currency and finally had to compete with other currencies… From that point forward, its value increasingly became discounted.
I’m not here to try and replace anyone or compete with anyone.
We’re all concerned about sports rights being so expensive. Obviously, we are funded by the licence fee payers, so it’s not always easy to compete with those who can get greater revenue.
Fortunately, I’m known as the hardest-working woman in showbiz, not to compete with James Brown. I’ve always been a multi-tasker.
When you look at what we want our individual player to represent from that makeup, if you will, we’re looking for mentally and physically tough players who are smart and want to compete. And when you say smart, you’re talking about situational awareness. Guys that are instinctual. That are smart football players.
If there’s an opportunity for me to compete at something, I’m there.
Obviously, different people identify me as the face of women’s hockey and whatnot, but like my teammates, I’m just there to perform and compete.
You’ve really got to, first of all, love the game, you got to love the competition, you got to love to compete.
I just want to compete and do what I love.
If you’re in the groove, you get something back from the audience that is so exciting and rewarding that no film or television work can possibly compete.
If you choose a market that already exists, say, networking equipment, you have to compete with an established company like Cisco. Even if your product is marginally better, Cisco can fudge it and outsell you.
When one doesn’t want the limelight, but is also creative in developing whatever it is they are, then you can have two equal people that aren’t competing against each other. I think when you are in the same field, it’s difficult to leave it outside and not compete. Then when the doors are closed; that pervades everything.
You never really think about what happens after the Olympics – you’re just like, ‘I want to compete. I want to do well’ and thinking about that. After it all happened, it was such a whirlwind. I’ve gotten to do so many amazing things. My favorite thing was getting into acting.
I had 10 to 12 close buddies who I played ball with all the way from elementary to high school. That is where I learned to compete.
