This document contains 11 quotes about competition: 1) Sherlock Holmes emphasizes the importance of data and facts in problem solving. 2) Issur Harel notes that intelligence work involves analyzing probabilities, not certainties, and that interpretation is key. 3) Sun Tzu states that to gain repeated victories, one must know both oneself and one's opponent. 4) Zig Ziglar identifies the five main obstacles to a sale as no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, and no trust. 5) Arie De Gues argues that an organization's ability to learn faster than competitors provides the only sustainable advantage.

1. 11 mind-blowing quotes
that will change the
way you look at
competition

2. “Data! Data! Data!
I can't make bricks
without clay“
Sherlock Holmes

3. "We do not deal with certainties. The
world of intelligence is the world of
probabilities. Getting the information is
not usually the most difficult task. What
is difficult is putting upon it the right
interpretation. Analysis is everything".
Issur Harel

4. “If you know
yourself, but not the
enemy -
for every victory gained
you will suffer one
defeat!”
Sun Tzu

5. “Every sale has five
basic obstacles: no
need, no money, no
hurry, no desire, no
trust.”
Zig Ziglar

6. "Your ability to learn faster
than your competition is
your only sustainable
competitive advantage".
Arie De Gues

7. “Suddenly, it's sorting
information that's become
crucial - learning to identify
flecks of gold among the
hectares of bullshit.
Critical, sceptical, analytical
thinking has never been more
important".
Matt Price

8. “To repeat what others have said, requires
education; to challenge it, requires
brains.”
Mary Pettibone Poole

9. An organization's ability to learn, and
translate that learning into action
rapidly, is the ultimate competitive
advantage.
Jack Welch

10. Competition is not only
the basis of protection
to the consumer, but is
the incentive to
progress.
Herbert Hoover

11. “if you gone come in
second, you're just the
first loser!”
Tiger Woods

12. "It is of the highest
importance in the art of
detection to be able to
recognize, out of a
number of facts, which
are incidental and which
vital".
Sherlock Holmes