Quotes About Determination

If you're going to play at all, you're out to win. Baseball, board games, playing Jeopardy, I hate to lose.

I prefer to play and lose rather than win, because I know in advance I'm going to win.

The important thing to know is that life will always deal us a few bad cards, but we have to play those cards the best we can. And we can play to win. This was one lesson I picked up when I was a teenager. It has been my guiding principle ever since. When I wanted something, the best person to depend on was myself.

If you want to win the game, you have to be aggressive.

If you're not in the game to win, you shouldn't be in the game.

You have to show you have ambition as a team, as a group of players; show you want to win. Otherwise, in my opinion, you can't win a tournament.

I will fight the fight I need to fight to win.

In order to win, you must expect to win.

If you want to win a race you have to go a little berserk.

There are just two things you can do to win a Nobel prize - have a good idea and pursue it effectively.

At just 16 years old, I was told that my back would never be the same again. My well-being had been neglected for the opportunity to win a gold medal.

I'm willing to take any amount of pain to win.

I think I am difficult to satisfy, because when I win something, I'm already thinking about the next step, and that is maybe a problem for me. I'm not enjoying the moment. I'm already on the mission to win the next trophy.

Win pretty, win ugly, just win.

I don't do things I can't win.

I am who I am. Chip on my shoulder? I was just born with the mentality to go win.

The hunger to win must not die... The appetite has to remain big.

If I win, it's nice. But even if I don't win, I will keep smiling.

I love having my hands in the dirt. It is never a science and always an art. There are no rules. And if it comes down to me versus that weed I'm trying to pull out of the ground that doesn't want to come out? I know I'll win.

The spirited horse, which will try to win the race of its own accord, will run even faster if encouraged.

A competitor will find a way to win. Competitors take bad breaks and use them to drive themselves just that much harder. Quitters take bad breaks and use them as reasons to give up. It's all a matter of pride.

When you are fitted in a racing car and you race to win, second or third place is not enough.

My target is to give everything, and only if we win the trophies will I be relaxed.

Somebody asked me - you know, how come it took you so long to win a national championship? And I said, 'I'm a slow learner; but you notice when I learn something, I have it down pretty good.'