The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell.
I don't care half so much about making money as I do about making my point, and coming out ahead.
You have undertaken to cheat me. I won't sue you, for the law is too slow. I'll ruin you.
It is not sufficient that I succeed - all others must fail.
It's okay to lose to opponent. It's never okay to lose to fear.
The man who wins out and survives does so only because of superior science and strategy.
The only way to win is to learn faster than anyone else.
The only way to beat the competition is to stop trying to beat the competition.
Instead of focusing on beating the competition, focus on making the competition irrelevant by creating a leap in value for buyers and your company.
It's better to be first in the mind than first in the marketplace.
Not finance. Not strategy. Not technology. It is teamwork that remains the ultimate competitive advantage, both because it is so powerful and so rare.
Strategy is about making specific choices to win in the marketplace.
Your margin is my opportunity.
In essence, the job of the strategist is to understand and cope with competition.
Competition is for losers. If you want to create and capture lasting value, build a monopoly.
