Motivational Quotes

Winners and winning

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

- Unser, Bobby

Best Quotes about Winners and winning

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

Ball, Ivern

Some people, in working towards a goal, find themselves seized by inertia when it comes time for action. If this should happen to you, despite the small graduated steps, then it is time to re examine your goal. Consider how important it actually is and then either discard the goal and replace it with more suitable one or continue the steps with a renewed sense of the value of achieving it.

Dodson, Fitzhugh

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

The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell.

Carnegie, Andrew

Winning tastes good.

Killy, Jean Claude

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

Remember that the horse that finishes a neck ahead wins the race.

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

Evert, Chris

If you don't quit, and don't cheat, and don't run home when trouble arrives, you can only win.

Long, Shelley

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Winning is not a sometime thing; It's an all the time thing. You don't win once in a while; you don't do things right once in a while; you do them right all the time.

Lombardi, Vince

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

Letterman, Alymer

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A winner never whines.

Brown, Paul

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Win or lose, playing at all is winning.

Nording, Wolfgang

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Nothing can seem foul to those who win.

Shakespeare, William

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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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The only yardstick for success our society has is being a champion. No one remembers anything else.

Madden, John

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I can tell you one thing. I've done this my way. I don't have anybody to blame for this win but me, and I love it.

Daly, John

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Guts are a combination of confidence, courage, conviction, strength of character, stick-to-itiveness, pugnaciousness, backbone, and intestinal fortitude. They are mandatory for anyone who wants to get to and stay at the top.

Benton, D A

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

Ward, William A.

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

Phillips, Bum

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Although I wanted my players to work to win, I tried to convince them they had always won when they had done their best.

Wooden, John

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There are no winners, only survivors.

Gifford, Frank

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We will get everything out of her that you can squeeze out of a lemon and a bit more. I will squeeze her until you can hear the pips squeak.

Geddes, Sir Eric

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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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Part of being a champ is acting like a champ. You have to learn how to win and not run away when you lose. Everyone has bad stretches and real successes. Either way, you have to be careful not to lose your confidence or get too confident.

Kerrigan, Nancy

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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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Tactics, fitness, stroke ability, adaptability, experience, and sportsmanship are all necessary for winning.

Perry, Fred

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I've learned that you don't have to win first place to win.

Zmeskal, Kim

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

Csonka, Larry

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

Picabia, Francis

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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

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

Foreman, George

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Winning is not everything, but the effort to win is.

Ziglar, Zig

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

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You've got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.

Ashe, Arthur

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Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.

Lombardi, Vince

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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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Every time you win, you're reborn; when you lose, you die a little.

Allen, George E.

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If you don't try to win you might as well hold the Olympics in somebody's back yard. The thrill of competing carries with it the thrill of a gold medal. One wants to win to prove himself the best.

Owens, Jesse

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A quitter never wins, and a winner never quits

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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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If you set a goal for yourself and are able to achieve it, you have won your race. Your goal can be to come in first, to improve your performance, or just to finish the race -- it's up to you.

Scott, Dave

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

Gray, Albert

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

Runyon, Damon