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Quotes About Victory

What's the worst that could happen? You're going to come second or lose? It's not like someone has got a gun to your head.
~ Adam Peaty
I have to keep working hard and playing well because I don't like to be second or third: they're the worst places to be. You would be proud, of course, because it means you're on the way, but you want to finish first.
~ Paul Pogba
When we look back on all the perils through which we have passed and at the mighty foes that we have laid low and all the dark and deadly designs that we have frustrated, why should we fear for our future? We have come safely through the worst.
~ Winston Churchill
By Thursday morning, we'd gotten over the worst of it.
~ William Scranton
I hear people saying 'the way the game should be played'. Rubbish. That's the worst saying in football. You win the game, then worry about the way it should be played.
~ Alan Hansen
In middle school, I was boy crazy and it was the worst! I would always lose, too. I was more into the competition than the boy by the end of it! I just wanted to win!
~ Elizabeth Gillies
I think that's what's thrilling about leadership - when you're holding onto literally the worst possible hand on the planet and you know you're still going to win. How are you still going to win? Because that's when the character of the company really comes out.
~ Jensen Huang
Having your worst nightmares kind of come true is truly liberating.
~ Eddie Alvarez
I've been through everyone's worst nightmare and I've come out the other side.
~ Caleb Plant
It wouldn't be the worst thing if you don't play that well but take points.
~ Ralph Hasenhuttl
The worst thing is losing because you got tired, because you didn't work hard enough in training. Ugh, that's the worst.
~ Chuck Liddell
The worst thing you can do to a fighter is stop it before you give him a chance to give all he's got.
~ Josh Barnett
Being brave means to know something is scary, difficult, and dangerous, and doing it anyway, because the possibility of winning the fight is worth the chance of losing it.
~ Emilie Autumn
All the games we play are worth the same because we can aim to get points in the league. Milan wants to fight until the end in the league and wants to compete with everyone until the last match day.
~ Clarence Seedorf
There is a peculiar gratification in receiving congratulations from one's squadron for a victory in the air. It is worth more to a pilot than the applause of the whole outside world.
~ Eddie Rickenbacker
For athletes, the Olympics are the ultimate test of their worth.
~ Mary Lou Retton
I believe I've shown my worth, become a world champion, now I want to try and see how good I am. The only way I'll find that out is by testing myself against the best.
~ Callum Smith
When I win a gold medal in the Olympics... I would say every pain, tears and screams in training will be worth it.
~ Hidilyn Diaz
I think the mental victory is worth it as much as a gold medal.
~ Cameron van der Burgh
As tennis players, we work and we sacrifice many things. To lose, that's not a happy thing - I mean sure, I was disappointed. You have to come back strong. But to win the last point in a grand slam tournament, that's the most beautiful and most satisfying feeling you can get as a tennis player. It's worth it.
~ Bjorn Borg
It makes everything worth it; every weight that you lifted in the offseason, every swing that you took in the cage. When you feel like you came through for your team, and you see the joy on their faces, there's nothing like it.
~ Alex Bregman
Just thinking of all the things I'd done getting there and everything I've sacrificed to do so. But what's happening now makes it worth it.
~ Emeli Sande
There is nothing better than to make it to the College World Series. All of the extra reps in the weight room, all of the early morning practices, and all the hard work spent the entire year makes it worth it.
~ Jennie Finch
The people I coach are very successful people, so it's very hard for winners to not constantly win. Even if it's trivial and not worth it, we still want to win - because we love winning. It's a very deep habit.
~ Marshall Goldsmith