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Big Idea 2015/Unbroken: Competition

2015-2016 Big Idea "Unbroken" Resources for students and faculty.

Further Reading

Movies

Videos on Competition

Various Competitions

Gaming

ESports are a growing in the world of competition, drawing in large crowds and promising big bucks for victory.

New York Times

The Olympics

The Olympic Games, which originated in ancient Greece as many as 3,000 years ago, were revived in the late 19th century and have become the world’s preeminent sporting competition. From the 8th century B.C. to the 4th century A.D., the Games were held every four years in Olympia, located in the western Peloponnese peninsula, in honor of the god Zeus. The first modern Olympics took place in 1896 in Athens, and featured 280 participants from 13 nations, competing in 43 events. Since 1994, the Summer and Winter Olympic Games have been held separately and have alternated every two years.

Quotes

"Friendships born on the field of athletic strife are the real gold of competition. Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust."

- Jesse Owens
Competition is the keen cutting edge of business, always shaving away at cost."
- Henry Ford
"Competition is great. And as long as it's friendly and not a malicious thing, then I think it's cool."
- Janet Jackson
"I've been playing against older and stronger competition my whole life. It has made me a better tennis player and able to play against this kind of level despite their strength and experience."
- Maria Sharapova