(542 quotes found)
“The competitor to be feared is one who never bothers about you at all, but goes on making his own business better all the time.”
Henry Ford
“Scorn also to depress thy competitor by any dishonest or unworthy method; strive to raise thyself above him only by excelling him; so shall thy contest for superiority be crowned with honour, if not with success.”
Akhenaton
“The greatest competitor was Bob Gibson. He worked so fast out there and he always had the hood up. He always wanted to close his own deal. He never talked to you because he was battling so hard. I sure as hell don't miss batting against him, but I miss him in the game.”
Pete Rose
“Your most dangerous competitors are those that are most like you.”
Bruce Henderson
“"If any of my competitors were drowning, I'd stick a hose in their mouth”
Ray Kroc
“[But longtime friend and competitor Robert Johnson, who founded BET, says,] To me, his achievements would rival those of any business person in America, ... He had charisma, tenacity and passion to convince people that there was such a thing as a black consumer market.”
John D. Rockefeller
“What do you do when your competitor is drowning? Get a live hose - and stick it in his mouth.”
M. Douglas Ivester
“Nothing focuses the mind better than the constant sight of a competitor who wants to wipe you off the map.”
Wayne Calloway
“I think Roger is one of the fiercest competitors I've seen, ... It reflects in the way he approaches his job and the way he carries himself on the mound. When he goes out there, his teammates know he's going to do everything in his power to help them win a ballgame.”
Nolan Ryan
“I was looking for Baez to come after me like he normally does, ... He's a great competitor out there, and I was looking for something hard. I'm sure he wanted to get ahead in the count in that situation. He elevated it a little bit, and I was able to get on top of it and hit it off the end of the bat.”
Trot Nixon
