Quotes About Victory

One of my highlights of being a Proteas player is that at one stage we were the No. 1 team across all formats.

BMX is never over until the finish line, and I am always trying to challenge myself for that world stage.

As a child, I used to watch award functions, and would dream of going up to the stage and getting an award.

I'd have no problem with Cavendish winning 34 or 35 Tour stages.

When it gets to the knockout stages of Europe, we all know anything can happen.

It will be hard for us and it will be an achievement just to get out of the group stages and through to the quarterfinals, but I am personally dreaming of reaching the final!

All great civilizations, in their early stages, are based on success in war.

I like playing in the later stages of games because there is more space when everybody's legs are tired.

If somebody had told me as a kid that I would win 30 stages of the Tour de France I probably wouldn't have imagined it. I probably imagined I could do it - I don't lack confidence - but at the end of the day one Tour de France stage win can make a rider's career.

We need to not pay attention to those losers who tried to push us down the stairs when we were in middle school.

When you play a semi-final, it is impossible to be tired. You know how much is at stake.

My number one goal was to be the best fighter ever in the Octagon. I think I can hold hands with many who can stake that claim.

Performances are always more interesting to me when something is at stake.

We try each and every week to win. We know what's at stake, but every coach has that mindset, so it's not easy.

You don't have time to think about things that aren't as important as football and the points that are at stake in the games that we have to win and do well in.

Let's be honest, I'm not a guy who is going to grind out $10 entry fantasy matches. If I'm going to compete, I want to play at the highest stakes.

No doubt about it, in order to win the WSOP Main Event, plenty of stamina is required.

I think I've lost important games at certain times through not having the stamina for a day. That's 100 per cent evident that those things have happened.

When you win a championship, you realize it takes a level of stamina that most people don't have.

I'm really going to put a stamp on my career by beating Cruz.

We didn't crumble after 9/11. We didn't falter after the Boston Marathon. But we're America. Americans will never, ever stand down. We endure. We overcome. We own the finish line.

I hated losing. Being defeated made me sick, I couldn't stand it.

Stand up and face your fears, or they will defeat you.

The moment I'm most proud of my career is when I got dropped by the headkick by Carlos Condit. I fell down and I was able to stand up.