Quotes About Success

No one plays this or any game perfectly. It's the guy who recovers from his mistakes who wins.

Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.

There are only two types of player-those who keep their nerves under control and win championships, and those who do not.

If you are prepared, you will be confident, and will do the job.

If you want to win, do the ordinary things better than anyone else does them day in and day out.

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

A lifetime of training for just ten seconds.

It's not the will to win that matters-everyone has that. It's the will to prepare to win that matters.

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

Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win.

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.

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

Winning takes talent; to repeat takes character.

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 more you dream the more you achieve.

The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three run homers.

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.

Do you know what my favorite part of the game is? The opportunity to play.

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