Motivational Quotes

Winners and winning

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

- Phillips, Bum

Best Quotes about Winners and winning

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

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

Win or lose, playing at all is winning.

Nording, Wolfgang

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

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

Polybius

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

Dane, Frank

To finish first, you must first finish.

Mears, Rick

Winning isn't everything, but losing is nothing.

Symons, Red

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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Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.

Lombardi, Vince

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It is not true that nice guys finish last. Nice guys are winners before the game ever starts.

Walker, Addison

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

Madden, John

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

Csonka, Larry

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

Phillips, Bum

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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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They always win who side with God.

Faber, Frederick W.

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

Tracy, Brian

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

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

Unser, Bobby

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

Woods, Harriet

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

Letterman, Alymer

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

Ball, Ivern

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

Perry, Fred

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

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

Brooks, Mel

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

Morrison, Van

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

Ziglar, Zig

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

Evert, Chris

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The world is full of people who never quite get into the first team and who just miss the prizes at the flower show.

Bronowski, Jacob

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

Zmeskal, Kim

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Winning tastes good.

Killy, Jean Claude

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