Motivational Quotes

Winners and winning

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

- Unser, Bobby

Best Quotes about Winners and winning

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

Allen, George E.

A quitter never wins, and a winner never quits

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

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

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

Riley, Pat

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

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

Ashe, Arthur

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

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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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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Nothing can seem foul to those who win.

Shakespeare, William

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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 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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A winner loses more often than losers.

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

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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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They always win who side with God.

Faber, Frederick W.

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

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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 isn't everything, but losing is nothing.

Symons, Red

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

Perry, Fred

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

Dane, Frank

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

Namath, Joe

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

Ward, William A.

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

Evert, Chris

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

Unser, Bobby

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

Runyon, Damon

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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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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 never quit, and quitters never win.

Lombardi, Vince

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

Phillips, Bum

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

Woods, Harriet

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To finish first, you must first finish.

Mears, Rick

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

Letterman, Alymer

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

Ziglar, Zig