Motivational Quotes

Winners and winning

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

- Allen, George E.

Best Quotes about Winners and winning

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

Carnegie, Andrew

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 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

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

Winners never quit, and quitters never win.

Lombardi, Vince

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

Jenner, Bruce

They always win who side with God.

Faber, Frederick W.

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

Walker, Addison

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

Ziglar, Zig

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

Letterman, Alymer

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To finish first, you must first finish.

Mears, Rick

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

Phillips, Bum

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

Evert, Chris

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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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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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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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A quitter never wins, and a winner never quits

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

Ward, William A.

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

Foreman, George

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

Waitley, Denis

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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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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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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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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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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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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 win is to fight on the side of your adversaries.

Picabia, Francis

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Win or lose, playing at all is winning.

Nording, Wolfgang

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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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Part of being a winner is knowing when enough is enough. Sometimes you have to give up the fight and walk away, and move on to something that's more productive.

Trump, Donald

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

Woods, Tiger

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

Woods, Harriet

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

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

Unser, Bobby

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Winning tastes good.

Killy, Jean Claude

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

Dane, Frank

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

Mckeithen, Jan