Quotes About Achievement

If winning isn't everything, why do they keep score?

A lifetime of training for just ten seconds.

You play to win the game...Hello. You play to win the game.

When building a team, I always search first for people who love to win. If I can't find any of those, I look for people who hate to lose.

Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.

The potential for greatness lives within us all.

Believe me, the reward is not so great without the struggle.

Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.

I told you all I was going to be No. 1, and I did just that.

Winners are not born, they are self-made.

Made it through high school, went to the University of Minnesota.

There are basically two types of people. People who accomplish things, and people who claim to have accomplished things. The first group is less crowded.

The principle is competing against yourself. It's about self-improvement, about being better than you were the day before.

I didn't lose the gold. I won the silver.

Whoever said, 'It's not whether you win or lose that counts,' probably lost.

You were born to be a player. You were meant to be here. This moment is yours.

The ultimate would be to compete in a couple more Olympics, hopefully break some world records and wind up my sports career with a couple of years in the WNBA.

Great moments are born from great opportunities.

I don't play any tournaments to come second best.

Winning is only half of it. Having fun is the other half.

Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.

Oldtimers, weekends, and airplane landings are alike. If you can walk away from them, they're successful.

I've learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.

It never gets easier; you just go faster.