After the Great Depression and after public urging, a nationwide public competition was held to determine a design for a memorial that would honor President Thomas Jefferson's bold vision for westward expansion for America.

Some people don't like competition because it makes them work harder, better.

The pressure people put on themselves and the rivalry between the teams is much more marked. And I think that's a good thing. As long as that rivalry remains within the spirit of competition, it con only spur everyone on.

Because I just like sports, I like athletics and I like competition.

I'm ambitious but I'm not particularly competitive. I'll try to get roles, as I think it's healthy to go for things, but... I think there's too much competition between women already. It's important to have female solidarity and support each other and other actresses.

It hasn't been hard getting nominated, but winning it is another thing. The competition is tough.

As a Republican, I am all for competition.

The Olympics are always a special competition, it is very difficult to predict what will happen.

A lot of it had to do with when it's released and what's out in the marketplace, what's its competition.

I don't think about goals and records. Competition is what keeps me playing.

Like getting into a bleeding competition with a blood bank.

Well, we know that people in Australia love the idea of both Impulse and Virgin Blue getting up and adding a bit of competition, and it's fun to be able to deliver it.

We live in a time today where we face fierce global competition.

At the end of the competition, I played the Liszt concerto and I felt my head was on the block. Well, I won.

In Britain, because I live here, I can also run into problems of envy and competition. But all this is just in a day's work for a writer. You can't put stuff out there without someone calling you a complete fool. Oh, well.