I'm in competition with myself and I'm losing.

All my life, ... I have been preoccupied with the great tragedy of losing family in wars. The pain of losing a parent or a child in (an act of) violence that is purposefully and directly generated by political forces is in a certain way harder to bear than if someone dies in, say, an accident. The death feels more preventable.

They both placed high in district and state competition last season, let alone our regular season meets, so we're losing all the points they contributed to our team effort.

Gene was a lifelong friend and our professional competition only strengthened that bond, ... He showed great bravery in the months after his surgery, continuing to work as long as he could.

This is bad news for consumers and competitors, ... We are losing competition and some diversity.

I thought we played really well. Jones County is going through some growing pains losing some people off last year's team. ... The two shutouts are impressive, but we know we've got some people down the road who are very talented. We'll have to get ready when the time comes.