Quotes About Determination

I do something to win it or I don't do it at all.

I think that at the start of a game, you're always playing to win, and then maybe if you're ahead late in the game, you start playing not to lose. The true competitors, though, are the ones who always play to win.

At some point he seemed to lose all confidence trying to break down the Berlin Wall. He was still fighting as only Kasparov can, but I could see it in his eyes that he knew he wasn't going to win one of these games.

When I run - as you see from my record - I run to win.

I've said many times, 'You learn to win through not liking to lose.' And that's what I mean by learning how to win.

If you're a competitor, you want to win. That's enough to play for, simple as that.

All the champions - you go and ask Mike Tyson or Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano, Lennox Lewis and myself included, and I'm sorry for putting myself in line with all the other great names - but the champion's attitude is it doesn't matter who is in front of me, I am going to conquer this person and win the fight and knock the person out.

Nobody likes to lose. I'm not going to be happy and excited about that, but I'm still going to be me because I know from the bottom of my heart there's going to be a next game; maybe try to win the next game.

My job is to go out there and win one-on-ones and make plays whenever it's called.

We play fair and we play hard. If we win the game we win, if we lose the game, we lose.

Donald Trump is an idiot and a moron and just a kook of the first order, but he is surrounded by a bunch of guys like me, who are ride-or-die for him. They don't love him ideologically, but they're stuck. And they're very smart. And they're very determined and they will do anything to win.

It took a lot out of me to win. But more than anything, when you are goalless, you are listless in your life.

The shirt doesn't win you the game.

After I failed to win the Most Valuable Player Award in 1960, I made up my mind I'd win the batting title in 1961 for the first time.

I've got to win every race.

The more criticism I get, the more it gives me a stronger urge to win. So I try harder.

Everybody is talking about the Triple Crown, but I want to win the Open. That is my aim.

The first time you win, nobody picks you; the last time you win, nobody picks you. You've just got to pick yourself.

Our target is to win, not to try to make all the players happy.

I want to win all the time; even in a dice game I want to win.

If you want to win, you come to play; I don't come to half-step. If you think that you're No. 2 out there, then you won't be nothing. You can't have that. You have to be No. 1. That's the thing.

Back in 2014, I felt like I was ready to win a world title. I felt like I was prepared and I was as good as anyone else, but I knew I didn't have the equipment.

That's one of the core qualities at Real Madrid - you've got to be able to win all the time.

I believe you win the race by looking forward, not behind.