"A winner is somebody who goes out there and exhausts himself trying to get something accomplished."
Joe Torre
Head Coach,Yankee


"Competition is the thing that drives everybody to do their very best work, and it's the very best work of competitors that winds up bringing the very best value to customers."
Steve Ballmer
CEO, Microsoft

"Competition gives you a focus....The tougest competitors are the ones that embed themselves in customer relationships."
Anne Mulcahy
CEO, Xerox

"The most important things is preparation."
Roger Staubach
Chairman, Staubach Co.

"The only thing worse than losing a race is never having the guts to run."
Catie Couric
Anchor, CBS News

"In life, you have winners and losers.  And often it's a small group of people who seem to be the winners."
Donald Trump
Chariman, Trump Organizations

"Competition is enjoyable. It's the reason for being in business. You have to like to win."
Rupert Murdoch
CEO, News Corp

"The idea of exceeding your normal capabilities by just pushing beyond them is really a psychologically interesting endeavor.  It creats a very alert, innovative way of thingking, whether it's in sports or business, always to find a better way to do something."
Steven Schwarzman
CEO, The Blackstone Group.

"Sometimes it's better not to go fast.  There are beautiful sights to be seen when you're  last. Shouldn't it be, looking back at the end, that you judge your own race by the help that you lend."
Jamie Lee Curtis
Actor

"I am driven, determined and insecure. That's what makes somebody competitive.  They want to suceed, but they're afraid they won't."
William Lerach
Lawyer

"We visit our competition. We go to learn what other people are doing well that we can duplicate or emulate.  We also go to learn what didn't go so well."
Shirley Franklin
Mayor, Atlanta  City