The Beatles had just come out, and everybody had a band. It was incredible competition out there.
With 'Idol' it's kind of just like 'OK, here's this competition - I need to do better than somebody else.'
Consulting offered me an opportunity to see a lot of different businesses in different regions of the world, to see how textiles were being affected by foreign competition, how technology was changing.
We have been told many times that we have become too big, but these are things that only someone who has no idea of the size of the competition can say. We are too small.
A good game will always snatch my attention. No matter the sport, the spirit of competition and audience is nostalgic and relaxing to me.
Humanity will... be confronted with dangers of unprecedented character unless, in due time, measures can be taken to forestall a disastrous competition in such formidable armaments and to establish an international control of the manufacture and use of the powerful materials.
I was looking for something like baseball, where there's a lot of data and the competition was pretty low. That's when I discovered politics.
The reality is, is that we love competition, at Apple. We think it makes us all better. But we want people to invent their own stuff.
Some people don't like competition because it makes them work harder, better.
I never dislike anyone that I am in competition with. I welcome the challenge. Besides, I get along with just about everyone.
I am always fighting inside the Council to get the message across that at each competition venue, we should send somebody to inspect and to make sure the athletes will be looked after in a correct manner.
I always have a book that I write during competition. I need it with me, just to read back and reflect and look forward. If I'm feeling anxious, it helps me.
Sports teaches you to understand the meaning of a team. You need to be able to work with everybody; you don't have to be their best friend. You can experience the fun of competition and driving toward a common goal without pushing to bond in some major way with each individual on a project.
If I read not amiss, this powerful race will move down upon Mexico, down upon Central and South America, out upon the islands of the sea, over upon Africa and beyond. And can any one doubt that the results of this competition of races will be the 'survival of the fittest?'
Today, the competition is considerably more intense.
Politics means competition, especially in senior positions. If you don't know that, you're not especially suited to politics.
When you have your own identity as a singer, you don't have competition.
You learn so much from competition you gain confidence every time you have to step up and perform.
I want to be the first lady to land a quadruple jump in competition. As I grow older, I know that my skating style will develop and mature.
I tell young entrepreneurs to use the leader in their industry and as a benchmark as they work to create their own brand. Don't look at what your competition is doing - if you emulate the leader in your industry, you will achieve a higher level of engagement with consumers and make their buying experience richer.
The bottom line, in the professional level, no matter where you go, there's going to be competition. That's what it is. At the end of the day, you're trying to put team first and make each other better.
American politics is always an open competition.
I think it's really good that you have great competition among news networks, and for that matter all the networks in general. It's bringing more and more people in to watching the news.
It hasn't been hard getting nominated, but winning it is another thing. The competition is tough.
Whenever you face a man who's playing your instrument, there's a competition.
We built that into a wholesale business that became, really, one of the largest companies in the United States. We had success in building new markets, opening markets for competition, and that takes a personal toll.
Guys aren't threatening. Other girls are the competition. You are usually what they're fighting over.
I was happy working for the N.B.A., but to be honest, I decided that I'd probably get back into coaching. I missed the teaching, I missed the games, I missed the competition.
Out-working your competition is a lot easier to achieve if you're passionate about what you are doing.
I'm in competition with myself and I'm losing.
The Olympic Games is the ultimate level of competition.
There's competition in every field, and that's healthy. It makes you work harder and be your best. Competition, not in terms of money or number of projects, but in the quality of your work, is very healthy.
Athletic competition clearly defines the unique power of our attitude.
Well, it's still another two-day competition, so it's really important to show that you're ready. Every meet is really important right now. You've got to keep showing you can hit.
I like conflicts. I love competition. I like discovering things for myself. It's a childlike characteristic, actually. But that gives you a certain amount of power, and people are intimidated by that.
People who were always hardbodies love that competitive style of team-sports activity: they come up with timers and fitness contests and personal bests. But for the vast majority of people, competition in exercise is not fun. It's no fun to compete if you know you can never win.