Quotes About Victory

nation is beaten only when it has accepted that it is beaten.

A nation is beaten only when it has accepted that it is beaten.

the greatest deeds in life require us to rise above our fear.

For Northerners, victory had confirmed they were on God's side, fortifying their besetting smugness, and their religion resolved more and more into a pretty, reassuring background hum. Going to church meant sitting quietly and listening to lectures about virtue.

There are going to be little victories that we claim, even if it's finishing 15th and putting the car back in hauler without a scratch on it.

James Finch is exactly what I'm looking for, as far as getting back into the race car to have fun.

For guys playing sports at a high level, for money, I can't put my finger on it, but in a man's world of sport, there is something visceral to beating another man.

Basketball Rule #5 When you stop playing your game you've already lost.

Basketball Rule #10 A loss is inevitable, like snow in winter. True champions learn to dance through the storm.

Basketball Rule #6 A great team has a good scorer with a teammate who's on point and ready to assist.

Basketball Rule #9 When the game is on the line, don't fear. Grab the ball. Take it to the hoop.

Bullies don't like to fight, son. They like to win. Being afraid is normal. The only fight you really have to win is the one against the fear.

I have missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 300 games. On 26 occasions I have been entrusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. And I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. —Michael Jordan, six-time NBA champion with the Chicago Bulls, five-time MVP

When you stop playing your game you've already lost.

When the game is on the line, don't fear. Grab the ball. Take it to the hoop.

Survival and victory were simple questions of strength, cunning, and will.

from Elise Egan.

If you're attacking, you don't get as tired as when you're chasing.

The Olympics is about letting people believe in their own dreams.

Remember, no matter how dark the night, there is always a happy ending. But first, you have to make it through the night.

En ocasiones simplemente haber peleado es importante. Incluso aunque no ganes.

As the late baseball manager Sparky Anderson put it: "Losing hurts twice as bad as winning feels good.

No one ever gets far unless he accomplishes the impossible at least once a day.

Anything you shun will have won.