Quotes About Victory

In play, there are two pleasures for your choosing— The one is winning and the other losing.

I get a kick out of soccer.

Spring triumphs over Winter (He always lets Her win).

The sunrise opened above them like some cosmic explosion, shining and shattering and yet silent; as if the world were blown to pieces without a sound. Round the rays of the victorious sun swept a sort of rainbow of confused and conquered colours — brown and blue and green and flaming rose-colour; as though gold were driving before it all the colours of the world.

"Count that day won," he sings, "when, turning on its axis, this earth imposes no additional taxes."

If worrying were an Olympic sport, you'd get the gold for sure.

Never give up trying, wherever you may be, and whatever may be the threatening ills which rise against you. What if gods and men and the whole world oppose you? There is always some place where the soul can be itself. There is no defeat except from within... There is no power either in heaven or earth that can successfully oppose the onward course of the perfectly determined soul.

If you cain't bear no crosses, you cain't wear no crown.

I believe the two greatest words in the English language are "Play ball!"

Fighting alone will make you stronger and you will win over all the difficulties in your life very soon.

That was freaking awesome; That's how I feel. That was the best feeling in my high school career.

I believe I have the attitude of a champion and a winner, and I'm not apologetic for it.

Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one-yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game, one foot from a winning touchdown.

Eyes must look far ahead, and thoughts be deeply pondered. Be bold and unremitting in attack. Give the wrong command, and two chariots are rendered useless. Come the right moment, a pawn can bring you victory.

When the prison doors are opened, the real dragon will fly out.

Break the fast, and you will be stronger to confront the enemy.

This is what I wanted. They tell me that London is the best field in history. I wanted to be part of that. Because everyone will be there it will be a wonderful challenge for me. You can see the best runners, how they look, how they run. For me to beat the best is what counts.

We Africans will fight, if necessary, and we know that we shall win, as we are confident in the victory of good over evil.

The great challenge for the human being is to convert the defeat of death into a real victory.

If I were asked to give what I consider the single most useful bit of advice for all humanity it would be this: Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and when it comes, hold your head high, look it squarely in the eye, and say, "I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me." ANN LANDERS

When I held that statuette, I felt as if I had won a triumph not just for myself, but for every other woman who'd struggled to overcome the same sort of background.

The pitcher has got only a ball. I've got a bat. So the percentage in weapons is in my favor and I let the fellow with the ball do the fretting.

I got a thrill out of the home run that won the pennant, and when I hit No. 500, and I thought this would mean something extra special to me ... I felt good all day long, until Rose tied the game. Losing just took the edge off of it. It's just another home run.

The totalitarian attempt at global conquest and total domination has been the destructive way out of all impasses. Its victory may coincide with the destruction of humanity; wherever it has ruled, it has begun to destroy the essence of man.