Quotes About Victory

Goliath, dissatisfied with his size advantage, has bought David's sling.

At one point he turned to Christie and said, "Chris, you and I are so smart that we can leave the victory party two hours early and do the transition ourselves.

Success was his chosen form of revenge.

People who want very badly to win, and to be seen to have won, enjoy a tactical advantage over people who don't. That very desire, tantamount to a need, is also a weakness. In Billy Beane, the trait is so pronounced that it is not merely a weakness. It is a curse.

The pleasure of rooting for Goliath is that you can expect to win. The pleasure of rooting for David is that, while you don't know what to expect, you stand at least a chance of being inspired. In

WHEN HE WAS a young man Billy Beane could beat anyone at anything.

The next game we have is against the Vikings on Monday Night Football. Tommy Kramer is the quarterback. They don't employ the strategy. He knocks Kramer out of the game, causes two fumbles and recovers one of them. I'm leaving the field, walking down the tunnel towards the locker room for the pres

Chris, you and I are so smart that we can leave the victory party two hours early and do the transition ourselves.

defied the odds;

He was the guy who always won the game of chicken because his opponents suspected he might actually enjoy a head-on collision.

Inside him a quality and a chemical—intelligence and testosterone—wrestled for hegemony. At the moment the chemical was winning on points.

She lost her fury. He'd had none. That's how you win, in the end.

Therefore the skillful commander takes up a position in which he cannot be defeated and misses no opportunity to master his enemy.

It doesn't matter how many times you have failed in the past; what matters is the successful attempt, which should be remembered and reinforced.

Ah, the world was ever so. How sad are heroes when their tasks are done...

Thanks, good sir," he said lightly. "Without your help, the battle might have lasted longer. You deprived me of good sport, but you meant well. Moonglum is my name.

kind, to gaze in triumph at his gory head. So, remembering all this, let us all rejoice and feast together tonight. And in the morning I shall give you all your promised treasure.

I can think of no better way to say it—those final holes played me.

It is a strange time, the end of a war." "Yes. A period of adjustment.

They are probably right. It is entirely rational for conservatives to flock to jobs that reward competition, aggression and victory at the expense of others. So it should not be surprising that liberals gravitate to professions—such as academics, journalism, social work and the arts—that emphasize inquiry, objectivity and the free exchange of ideas. After all, teachers at all levels—from nursery school to graduate school—tend to be Democrats.

I'm going to shut Chris Weidman down in the first round. I'm gonna expose him in the second round. And I'm gonna finish him with a left kick followed by a left punch, simultaneously.

I've had more comebacks than Frank Sinatra.

If you win in New York - that Frank Sinatra song - you are a god. You are a king.

I have always loved cricket since childhood.