If you don’t have a competitive advantage, don’t compete.
The successful man is the one who finds out what is the matter with his business before his competitors do.
Never let anyone out work you or out hustle you. Ever.
Strategy is about setting yourself apart from the competition. It’s not a matter of being better at what you do – it’s a matter of being different at what you do.
Competitive strategy is about being different. It means deliberately choosing a different set of activities to deliver a unique mix of value.
Strategy is about making choices, trade-offs; it’s about deliberately choosing to be different.
I can endure more pain than anyone you’ve met. That’s why I win, because I can endure more pain.
I’ve been in international competition, and now I know what the big boys can do. You don’t go out and just run. There’s an offense and a defense.
Take life step by step, pace by pace, slowly slowly, and leave the competition to others.
Competition is a sin.
First, you have to finish.
Marketing strategy is a series of integrated actions leading to a sustainable competitive advantage.
Being second is to be the first of the ones who lose.
When you compete against everyone else, no one wants to help you. But when you compete against yourself, everyone wants to help you.
Winning isn’t getting ahead of others, it is getting ahead of yourself.
If Microsoft ever does applications for Linux it means I’ve won.
I’m in competition with myself and I’m losing.
An organization’s ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage.
There are only two sources of competitive advantage: the ability to learn more about our customers faster than the competition and the ability to turn that learning into action faster than the competition.
Never let them know your next move.