Motivational Quotes

Winners and winning

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

- Shoemaker, Willie

Best Quotes about Winners and winning

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

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

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

Woods, Tiger

A quitter never wins, and a winner never quits

Winning isn't everything, but losing is nothing.

Symons, Red

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

Evert, Chris

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

Zmeskal, Kim

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

Perry, Fred

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

Morrison, Van

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

Phillips, Bum

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

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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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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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A winner loses more often than losers.

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

Waitley, Denis

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

Picabia, Francis

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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

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

Namath, Joe

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Winners never quit, and quitters never win.

Lombardi, Vince

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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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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

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

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

Csonka, Larry

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Nothing can seem foul to those who win.

Shakespeare, William

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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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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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A winner never whines.

Brown, Paul

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

Runyon, Damon

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They always win who side with God.

Faber, Frederick W.

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Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.