Competitor Quotations

The standard rumor at the time was that Rumsfeld, as chief of staff, had persuaded President Ford to appoint George H.W. Bush as director of Central Intelligence, assuming that that got rid of a potential competitor for the presidency.

I've been competitive since day one. Even in little things as a child, like having a twin and a direct competitor for who makes better cookies.

I've been in basketball a long time, and nobody is more of a competitor than I am.

Geopolitical drama lessened but did not die after the Cold War; in 2008, the specter of thousands of seeming automatons banging drums at the opening of the Beijing Games frightened and enthralled the world, reminding us that China was a nation on the rise, a competitor for global dominance.

Whether you call it consolidation, rationalization or getting your competitor to go out of business, it's a way for these companies to effectively deal with the collapse of commodity prices. In virtually every sector involved in something that comes out of the ground, we've seen consolidation.

We remain determined to become a high-performance competitor for the long term -- and over the past several quarters we have made steady progress toward that goal.

We respect everyone week in and week out and we know Arizona State is another fierce competitor in the Pac-10 and they have things to prove. We're just doing our best to be prepared for them.

Webster is always a fierce competitor and they're playing at home.

We faced one of the best pitchers in the country today, a tremendous competitor and a class act, and he was magnificent. It was a great college baseball game. We made it interesting in the ninth, but we were just too far in the hole at that point.

We feel that we're in a good position, that this will make us a stronger airline, ... We'll be able to clean up our financial status with regard to balance sheets and aircraft that are too expensive to fly, and emerge as a stronger, more viable competitor on the East Coast, where most of our flights are operating.

We're really firm in our desire to keep the National the tremendous value it's always been a full season will cost a competitor well under $40,000. With a cash season-end prize fund, a driver's net expenditure can be even less than that.

We know what kind of a person and competitor he is. He will do everything in his power to get back on the ice.

We know what a tough competitor Linda is and we have seen what Libby can do at the world championships.

With this merger, AT&T is going to be the biggest phone company and the biggest wireless company. That means they're also going to be the biggest competitor to the cable companies.

When he had to be good, he was good. He got better as the game went on. He's a great competitor - that's his No. 1 trait.

We're happy to have him. He carries his own burden of being good. Anywhere he goes he expects himself to be a quality pitcher. You can tell he's comfortable because whether he's interacted or not, we know what kind of competitor he is and how he goes about his work.

We had better be angry. We can't feel sorry for ourselves. We have to do it like a true competitor and be angry, but be in a controlled anger where we want to get better.

There are times when we have to do certain things to help him defensively but the flip side of that is he's done so much for our team that we need him on the floor, ... We live with the defensive deficiencies that may come about because of his lack of size. He more than makes up for that with a big, big heart and being a competitor the way he is.

makes Palm a worthy competitor in enterprise accounts.

Luxury Auto sites seemed to have mastered the delivery of complex Web pages with a strong visual component to broadband users. However, it is quite surprising that a number of leading luxury automakers are having significant site downtime. Luxury auto buyers become easily frustrated with such poor site performance, and can quickly turn to a competitor site to continue their browsing and purchase consideration process.

Luke was the only golfer in the two days to shoot under par. His nearest competitor was the young man he was playing with on Saturday. They started out tied and that's why they were paired together.

Luke had his best game of the season. To come out in a game as big as this and play the way he did shows what kind of competitor he is. He was a man among boys tonight.

Levi can play multiple positions, he's a fierce competitor and he has adjusted to his new role of coming into games. He held down the fort. The guys were a little flat and I was concerned about the amount of games over the past week and a half.

Many small companies simply don't want to get bigger. We did a case study on one company in which the owner had a chance to buy out a competitor and decided against it. He told me, 'I'd rather pack my kids' lunch and walk them to school.' He just felt his life was a lot better if he stayed small.

Several games use a cell phone in the interface. Mobile companies change their appearance every few months, so why shouldn't they be able to change their creative? Our competitor mainly focuses on things like in-game billboards.

She wanted to come out and run (in the race). That just shows what a competitor she is.

She's an excellent competitor and she loves racing. She's a great dolphin kicker and the underwater part of her races is among the best in the United States.

She's just keeping her fingers crossed. She's a competitor and sitting out is not something she wants to do.

Since then, we have vastly strengthened our overall domestic and international route network and have entered into alliances with a number of carriers, all of which will make us a much more vigorous competitor in the west.

Situations like that are when Lauren is in her domain. She's such a competitor and she refuses to get rattled. You can't teach that kind of composure.

Since I've been here we've brought a lot of young players through and signed players under the age of 24 and one thing we have lacked is experience and Tony has got that. He's a competitor and he knows the division.

She's a great competitor on the mound. She kept us off balance. This is the best I've seen her in four years I've coached against her.

She's a competitor - been a basketball player herself. So we don't do anything competitive with cards or monopoly or anything. We just watch movies or watch a ballgame. We keep it like that. We've had our wars before on different things. So we decided it's best we don't do it anymore.

She's a competitor and she was disappointed. It's the same mentality all our athletes take.

She really came though in a big way. She is just a competitor and has been through it all.

Mike is one of the best cold-weather players there is. Between us we made a ton of putts. Getting out to a good start helped as well. This was kind of a coming-out party for Mike as an amateur. He did well. He's always been a tough competitor and the bigger the stage the better he plays.

(Miller) is the heart and soul of this team. He's a true competitor and we're obviously not the same team without him. Now we need some other players to fill his shoes, shoes that are nearly impossible to fill.

Molly is a fierce competitor who absolutely hates to lose.

Moving from the theological to the practical implications of Sony's snafu, the company couldn't have picked a worse time to offend its customers. Sony has already conceded a six-month head start to competitor Microsoft in the upcoming market-share battle for the next generation of game consoles. Microsoft's Xbox 360 is expected to debut this fall; Sony's PlayStation 3 will not arrive until the spring of 2006.

Monty is a fantastic addition to the squad. I am looking forward to coaching him, he is a no-nonsense competitor who will bring great experience and leadership to our squad.

'Monday Night Football' is a competitor to 'Monday Night Raw.'

Obviously, I have to envision myself in that type of roll. There are too many teams telling me that, Mike, you can help us out in other ways. So you have to take the mindset. If you don't accept it, you're going to have an attitude and struggle with it. Like I've always said, I'm a football player first. First and foremost I want to play and contribute. As a competitor I want to play and contribute.

New York has become a serious competitor for feature films and even television production. We need to be concerned.

I was running around celebrating with the rest of my team. But I saw him laying there in tears a little bit. I just felt for him. He's a great player. There's really no reason for him - outside the fact that he's a competitor and wanted to win - that he has to cry. He's a great player and he's going to have a great (NBA) career. He should definitely keep his head up.

I would rather have one I have to gear down than one I have to gear up, ... Ryan is a competitor without a doubt. I think he understands it's his senior year and what we have at stake. He understands the situation. That doesn't mean you can't be competitive and can't get after it, but there's a time to stop and a time to go.

I wish he wasn't out for the season, but it doesn't bother me that he'll miss our game. He's such a great competitor and such a good person. You hate to see anything like that happen to such a great kid.

I am excited about the spring season. We have a chance to do something we've never done before, be a strong competitor in Florida.

I am looking forward to coaching him. He is a no-nonsense competitor who will bring great experience and leadership to our squad.

I am very delighted to have Woody Lowe join our coaching staff, Woody is an intense, fiery competitor who is an excellent teacher of defensive line play. Coach Lowe has a rich football background that our Ottawa players will benefit from tremendously.

Celeste has the eye of a tiger. She plays with tenacity. She's a real competitor and a hard worker.

From 2002 to now, I have competed in many world events and gained more experience during this period. I am totally a different competitor now. I will be putting my experience to better my Manchester performance.

For this to really work, essentially what really happens here is AOL becomes a direct competitor to Microsoft.

Globalization is causing a shift of momentum and energy to greater Asia, where China has steadily expanding reach and may become a peer competitor to the United States at some point.

He tried it, and his eyes lit up almost immediately. That's the thing about Chad. You see him out on the course, and he has that very mild, laid-back look, but that's not him at all. To be able to change grips like he did, to be willing to do whatever it takes to have more variety in his swing, that's an example of what kind of competitor he is. He's a tough Texan; that's all there is to it.

He's beaten the ultimate competitor -- he's beaten cancer. Now I'm sure nothing or no one can intimidate him -- he's living large.

He has a feel for our personnel. He can kind of give his teammates some pointers, and us having him here, our coaches and players have a feel for him. He looks really good, really exceptional. He looks like a guy that's trying to get back to Super Bowl form. We all know that he's a competitor and a hard worker so he's gonna come in here and try to put together a good showing.

He has just been outstanding. When he takes the hill we expect to win every game we play. He's a competitor and a guy who just hates to lose.

He had his ups and downs, but he always handled it extremely well and with class. You could see how much of a competitor that he was. It's good to see him finally getting his due. He's one of the best quarterbacks in this league, if you ask me.

He has a really quiet demeanor. But he's so talented. He has that fierce competitor inside. When he lets it out, he's one of the best players in this league.

He is as tough a competitor as you can find at any position. He does well home or away.

He is an intense competitor and he has a knack for making plays, even turning his mistakes into positives. I think he'll get even better as time goes on.

He is a true competitor who wants to win and leaves everything on the court both offensively and defensively. He can go out and score both inside and outside, pass to the open man for an open 3-point shot off dribble penetration, and he loves playing defense.

He is a tremendous competitor and has a tremendous work ethic. When he graduated, he was someone I wanted on my staff. I've taught him some things and he's taught me some things and we work well together.

He has the skills, the intelligence, the leadership ability. You put all those things together and you've got a pretty good basketball player. He's such a competitor and he's going to get better and better.

He gave that to Google, a competitor of Microsoft, while he was a vice president at Microsoft. He should not be giving business advice to Microsoft's competitors.

He came out of the game okay. He's beat up, we know that. His shoulder has been bothering him for the last couple weeks. He's fighting through it like the tough guy that he is and the competitor that he is.

What do you do when your competitor is drowning? Get a live hose - and stick it in his mouth.

We've faced one competitor after another over the years. We've been doing this for 10 years. We do it very well.

We take every competitor very seriously, but we really do have a tremendous position in the marketplace. We are the experts at running marketplaces. We've been at this now for 10 years.

Today, counterfeiters have become just another competitor for legitimate U.S. businesses in the high-stakes world of global commerce.

He's a great guy, a great team guy. Always a great guy to play with. As far as a player, he's as great a competitor as you'd want to play with.

He's a great competitor and loves to play in the tough games. He was big tonight.

He's a competitor who pitches deep into ballgames and has been a consistent starter in the American League for the last few years. His innings show that he's been durable and he definitely adds depth to our rotation.

He's a competitor -- that's why he got the start. He'll rebound nicely.

He's a competitor defensively and we can definitely use the help there. We really liked him as a rookie and didn't want to lose him. We're glad to have him back.

He's a competitor and we've got a lot of competitive players, too, and they were battling him. Sidney is a bit of a focus for everybody in the game. One of the things that makes people want to show what they've got is wanting to show it against a guy like that.

He's a competitor and that's the best part about him. A lot of people saw him play against Canada in the Olympics and, that night, he was the best goalie in the world. He's still good; nothing changes.

He's a competitor and he is going to come back well. He wants it as bad as Paul and you like that. It makes Paul work harder.

He's a competitor and has great belief in himself. You can tell that on the mound. He's got that look in his eye that he's going to get the hitter out. He has something that you're born with, something you can't teach. He has the heart to be a top-notch Major League pitcher. He expects to win and has a quiet confidence. He doesn't get rattled and has a chance to be a top-of-the-rotation guy.

He's a competitor all right. That's what distinguishes him as a pitcher and that's going to help in the years to come.

He's a good goalie. He's athletic, he has good reflexes and he's a competitor as well. He battles hard. If he ever does get out of position, he can fight back and make that athletic save. He's a great goalie, and we're going to have our hands full.

Her teammates love her, ... They appreciate what a great competitor she is. She's another of the great ones coming up.

He's just earned his stripes. It's been a natural maturation process. I came here five years ago and he had just taken over the job, and like any other young starting quarterback, he took his lumps. He had his ups and downs, but he always handled it extremely well and with class. You could see how much of a competitor he was.

He's good guy and a good coach, so I hope people give him a chance before they jump to anything. I know he's a competitor and he's a very energetic coach that likes to get out there. He talked about winning right away, getting to the tournament. I like the impression he gave us.

He's a tough competitor out there. He's got a lot of flashy shots and a lot of weapons out there. I'd never hit a ball against him, so it took me a while to get in and read his game a little bit...I thought he'd make a lot more errors than he did.

He's a tough competitor and doesn't back off.

He's a very versatile player. You can put him anywhere on the field and he will give you results. He's a tough competitor who plays a physical style.

He's been everything. He's been an absolute high-level competitor since the day he stepped foot on campus.

Hopefully, this organizes Paul in his own mind. Hopefully, he now believes he can compete with those top players and, hopefully, he'll start to believe in his role as a team competitor and state contender.

HP is a better competitor now than it was.

He was great. He's such a tough competitor and he's in such a tough spot as a freshmen. He hasn't been in this situation before and I thought he handled it great. He made some big stops at key moments and I was very proud of him.

He's pitching high school ball, but he really has that college and professional mentality. He is such a competitor on that mound.

He's part of this family. You know it's more serious than we'd like it to be when he has to miss practice because he's tired. He loves the game so much. He loves the team so much. And he's such a competitor that he doesn't want to miss anything.

He was a great competitor and what Dan wanted to do was win, ... and as long as he felt he was getting the right help from the sideline, he certainly appreciated that. I coached him 13 years of his 17-year career and we put up big numbers.

He wanted to play. We let the team decide that. Porter's a competitor, and they voted to let him come out. He's a competitor from the time he walks on the practice field to the time he walks off. He's a nice addition to our defense.

He knows how to win, is a tremendous competitor and a good leader on the floor. Players seem to rally around him.

He is such a competitor that if he can pitch, he will. But he's ready to go; he wouldn't start if he wasn't healthy.

Grocery spending does not increase when a new competitor comes into the market.

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.

Jake's the kind of competitor who knows every time he takes the ball that he's going to win a baseball game for his team, ... When he's pitching, one or two runs could win you a baseball game. Not everybody brings that to the table.