“The only way to beat the competition is to stop trying to beat the competition.”
Source: Blue Ocean Strategy, 2005, p. 4 (2016 extended edition)
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W. Chan Kim book Blue Ocean Strategy
Source: Blue Ocean Strategy, 2005, p. 13 (2016 extended edition)
Jesse Owens (1913–1980) American track and field athlete
Jesse Owens, Champion Athlete (1990)
Context: It was bad enough to have toppled from the Olympic heights to make my living competing with animals. But the competition wasn't even fair. No man could beat a race horse, not even for 100 yards. … The secret is, first, get a thoroughbred horse because they are the most nervous animals on earth. Then get the biggest gun you can find and make sure the starter fires that big gun right by the nervous thoroughbred's ear.
“Can a heart break, once it's stopped beating?”
Tim Burton (1958) American filmmaker
Source: Tim Burton's Corpse Bride: The Illustrated Story
“Could it think, the heart would stop beating.”
Fernando Pessoa book The Book of Disquiet
O coração, se pudesse pensar, pararia.
Source: The Book of Disquietude ["Livro do Desassossego"], by Bernardo Soares (Pessoa's semi-heteronym), translated by Richard Zenith (1996), text 1
“The only opponent you have to beat is yourself, the way you used to be.”
Haruki Murakami book What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
Source: What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
“Stop beating your head, you might hurt yourself.”
Paul DiLascia (1959–2008) American software developer
1995/8
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