Motivational Quotes

Winners and winning

A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.

- Bird, Larry

Best Quotes about Winners and winning

One characteristic of winners is they always look upon themselves as a do it yourself project.

Waitley, Denis

There is no room for second place. There is only one place in my game and that is first place. I have finished second twice in my time at Green Bay and I never want to finish second again.

Lombardi, Vince

Nothing great is lightly won, nothing won is lost. Every good deed that's nobly done will always repay the cost.

Winners have simply formed the habit of doing things losers don't like to do.

Gray, Albert

Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.

Lombardi, Vince

If you're a champion, you have to have it in your heart.

Evert, Chris

You learn how to be a gracious winner and an outstanding loser.

Namath, Joe

You can stand tall without standing on someone. You can be a victor without having victims.

Woods, Harriet

Winning is only half of it. Having fun is the other half.

Phillips, Bum

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You can become a winner only if you are willing to walk over the edge.

Runyon, Damon

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Nobody remembers who finished second but the guy who finished second.

Unser, Bobby

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All right Mister, let me tell you what winning means... you're willing to go longer, work harder, give more than anyone else.

Lombardi, Vince

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The most distinguishing feature of winners is their intensity of purpose.

Letterman, Alymer

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Therefore the skilful leader subdues the enemy's troops without any fighting; he captures their cities without laying siege to them; he overthrows their kingdom without lengthy operations in the field.

Sun Tzu

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The real winners in life are the people who look at every situation with an expectation that they can make it work or make it better.

Pletcher, Barbara

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A winner loses more often than losers.

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Winning tastes good.

Killy, Jean Claude

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Winners never quit, and quitters never win.

Lombardi, Vince

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The only way to be number one is to be number one.

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From nobody to upstart. From upstart to contender. From contender to winner. From winner to champion. From champion to Dynasty.

Riley, Pat

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I don't know if I even have an aura, man. I just try to win.

Woods, Tiger

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Another club can be beating you for six innings but for some reason the good ball clubs get tough and win them in the last three.

Martin, Billy

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Nothing can seem foul to those who win.

Shakespeare, William

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Whoever wishes to win in this game must have patience and money, since the values are so little constant and the rumors so little founded on truth Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.

Swift, Jonathan

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A quitter never wins, and a winner never quits

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There is nothing to winning, really. That is, if you happen to be blessed with a keen eye, an agile mind, and no scruples whatsoever.

Hitchcock, Alfred

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If you're going to dedicate every second to winning the decathlon, what are you doing wasting your time in bed?

Jenner, Bruce

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If you can accept losing you can't win. If you can walk you can run. No one is ever hurt. Hurt is in your mind.

Lombardi, Vince

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When you're a winner you're always happy, but if you're happy as a loser you'll always be a loser.

Fidrych, Mark

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They always win who side with God.

Faber, Frederick W.

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The winner persistently programs his pluses; the loser mournfully magnifies his minuses.

Ward, William A.

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Ever notice that people never say It's only a game when they're winning?

Ball, Ivern

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Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them -- a desire, a dream, a vision.

Ali, Muhammad

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Any time you try to win everything, you must be willing to lose everything.

Csonka, Larry

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Those that know how to win are much more numerous than those who know how to make proper use of their victories.

Polybius

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I don't believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front.

Brooks, Mel

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In order to win you must be prepared to lose something. And leave one or two cards showing.

Morrison, Van

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There are one hundred and ninety nine ways to beat, but only one way to win; get there first.

Shoemaker, Willie

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Winners make a habit of manufacturing their own positive expectations in advance of the event.

Tracy, Brian

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If you cannot win, make the one ahead of you break the record.

Mckeithen, Jan

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If winning (success) was easy, then everybody would be doing it. It's the hard that makes it great!

Movie, A League of Their Own

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Life is strange. Every so often a good man wins.

Dane, Frank

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The only way to win is to fight on the side of your adversaries.

Picabia, Francis

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For me, winning isn't something that happens suddenly on the field when the whistle blows and the crowds roar. Winning is something that builds physically and mentally every day that you train and every night that you dream.

Smith, Emmitt

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It's not the will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes the difference.

Bryant, Bear

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Resting on your laurels is as dangerous as resting when you are walking in the snow. You doze off and die in your sleep.

Wittgenstein, Ludwig

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To finish first, you must first finish.

Mears, Rick

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I'm a winner each and every time I go into the ring.