Quotes about "Sports & Competition"

Perfect competition' is considered both the ideal and the default state in Economics 101. So-called perfectly competitive markets achieve equilibrium when producer supply meets consumer demand. ”

I think competition can make people stronger at whatever it is they're competing on. If we're competing in some athletic event for competitive swimmers, really intensely competing, it's likely that both of us will become better, but it's also quite possible we'll lose sight of what's truly valuable. ”

Americans mythologize competition and credit it with saving us from socialist bread lines. Actually, capitalism and competition are opposites. Capitalism is premised on the accumulation of capital, but under perfect competition, all profits get competed away. ”

Is there something about the gay experience, being gay and the gay experience, that pushes us even more than other people toward competition? ”

Musicals are written and then rewritten. Those things used to happen on the road. Now they are done in New York during preview performances. ”

As a teenager I had no idea that I had the potential to win an Olympic gold medal and my athletic career developed only by lucky circumstances. ”

Running became boring because it's so predictable. I got to a point where I knew what my competition could do. ”

I'm as proud of my work in 'Madoff' as anything I've ever done. Richard Dreyfuss turned in a bravura performance. It went unnoticed. ”

Even when I went to Aston Villa, it was very important that I was not in competition with Manchester United. ”

To be a Manchester United player, it requires a certain level of performance, mentality, and you have got to be proud to be a Manchester United player. ”