This god, this one word: I.
I am a very selfish person.
There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.
Winning is not enough. All others must lose.
If my competitor were drowning I’d stick a hose in his mouth and turn on the water.
It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.