47 Inspirational Quotes for Competition to Fuel Your Drive

"The ultimate victory in competition is derived from the inner satisfaction of knowing that you have done your best and that you have gotten the most out of what you had to give."

- Howard Cosell

"I've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I've been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."

- Michael Jordan

"Somehow, people act like I have no competition, but the thing is, the competition is so good that it forces me to be better than I even thought was possible."

- Ronda Rousey

"You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else."

- Albert Einstein

"It's not the will to win that matters—everyone has that. It's the will to prepare to win that matters."

- Paul "Bear" Bryant

"You have competition every day because you set such high standards for yourself that you have to go out every day and live up to that."

- Michael Jordan

"Run your own race. Who cares what others are doing? The only question that matters is: Am I progressing?"

- Robin Sharma

"I view my strongest competitor as myself. Always try to top yourself, rather than worrying about what other people are doing."

- John C. Reilly

"Don't compare yourself with anyone in this world… if you do so, you are insulting yourself."

- Bill Gates

"Compete with yourself, not with others. Keep improving."

- Roy T. Bennett

"If you want to find the real competition, just look in the mirror. After awhile you'll see your rivals scrambling for second place."

- Criss Jami

"Champions keep playing until they get it right."

- Billie Jean King

"I have been up against tough competition all my life; I wouldn't know how to get along without it."

- Walt Disney

"Believing that your competition is stronger and better than you pushes you to better yourselves."

- Simon Sinek

"The lessons of competition are lessons for life."

- Robert Kennedy

"Don't limit your challenges. Challenge your limits."

- Jerry Dunn

"If you fail to prepare, you're prepared to fail."

- Mark Spitz

"Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed—there's so little competition."

- Elbert Hubbard

"Winning isn't everything, but wanting to win is."

- Vince Lombardi

"Taste the relish to be found in competition – in having put forth the best within you."

- Henry Kaiser

"Competition is very good as long as it's healthy; it's what makes one strive to be better."

- Christine Lahti

"Being properly prepared is one of the biggest assets in business and in athletic competition."

- Keeth Smart

"The only competition you will ever face is with your own ignorance."

- Bob Proctor

"Competition is a good thing; it forces us to do our best."

- Nancy Pearcey

"I live for competition; it makes my life complete."

- Hope Solo

"Competition on anything is good, because it makes everybody better."

- Eddy Cue

"To be successful, you must accept all challenges that come your way. You can't just accept the ones you like."

- Mike Gafka

"You learn so much from competition you gain confidence every time you have to step up and perform."

- Natalie Gulbis

"The healthiest competition occurs when average people win by putting above average effort."

- Colin Powell

"I think competition is very important; it breeds many good things in a person."

- Brian McBride

"I never dislike anyone that I am in competition with; I welcome the challenge."

- Dante Hall

"Anybody who steps into the lane beside you is the biggest competition."

- Usain Bolt

"Anytime you find someone more successful than you are, especially when you're both engaged in the same business, you know they're doing something that you aren't."

- Malcolm X

"The idea of competition, particularly in a creative atmosphere, is always there; if you don't acknowledge that, you are doing yourself and the process a disservice."

- Jake Gyllenhaal

"The only way to beat the competition is to stop trying to beat the competition."

- W. Chan Kim

"Never compete with someone who has nothing to lose."

- Baltasar Gracian

"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake."

- Napoleon Bonaparte

"Competition brings out the best in products and the worst in people."

- David Sarnoff

"Instead of focusing on the competition, focus on the customer."

- Scott Cook

"Real learning comes about when the competitive spirit has ceased."

- Jiddu Krishnamurti

"Your competition is not other people but the time you kill, the ill will you create, the knowledge you neglect to learn, the connections you fail to build, the health you sacrifice along the path, your inability to generate ideas, the people around you who don't support and love your efforts, and whatever god you curse for your bad luck."

"The real competition is the little voice inside you that says 'you can't.'"

"The most fierce competition you'll ever face is the one within your own mind."

"There's always someone out there training to beat you—stay ready."

"If you want to achieve greatness, stop asking for permission."

"Competition makes us faster. Collaboration makes us better."

"The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese."