Maya Angelou
Poet, Memoirist
"I am not competing with anyone other than myself. I want to be excellent at whatever I do."
Competing quotes
Competing
54 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Pete Carroll
Football Coach
"You're either competing or you're not."
Lil Wayne
Rapper, Musician
"I just always expect the best because I'm a competitor and if I'm competing, then obviously I'm trying to be better in everything."
Simon Sinek
Author, Motivational Speaker
"We last longer if we compete against ourselves for the good of others instead of competing against others for the good of ourselves."
Cesar Romero
Actor
"I was supposed to be a romancer, either wooing the leading lady or competing with the leading man for her."
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"I am competing with what I am capable of."
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