Quotes About Success

Winning to often is as disastrous as losing too often. Both get the same results, the falling off of the public's enthusiasm.

I came out to beat everybody in sight, and that's just what I'm going to do.

If you played the game the right way, played the game for the team, good things would happen

I guarantee you that's what Jeff Gordon does. He uses everything the fans throw at him to stoke his fire and it drives him to be better at what he does.

I'm the biggest fighter in the history of the sport. If you don't believe it, check the cash register.

They say Yogi Berra is funny. Well, he has a lovely wife and family, a beautiful home, money in the bank, and he plays golf with millionaires. What's funny about that?

I fight for perfection

If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven't done anything today.

It doesn't matter how pretty you look it's how many runs you get.

I don't like to lose, and that isn't so much because it is just a football game, but because defeat means the failure to reach your objective.

I'm not looking for starters, I'm looking for finishers.

If it wasn't for baseball, I'd be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery.

I would rather beat the Yankees regularly than pitch a no hit game.

I skated like it's a sport, went for everthing and just gave it my best shot. It turned out freat. I had nothing to lose. You might be the best in your heart, but not in other people's sight.

Without losers, where would the winners be?

Either black people end up being the best in sports, or else it's show business. You know, we all got rhythm.

Everyone should want to excel in life. You should never take the desire to excel away from the human race.

Those who know how to win are much more numerous than those who know how to make proper use of their victories.

As an Olympic champion gymnast, I have always stayed involved in my sport.

I keep a lucky red rag in my pocket when I bat, which has been a good luck charm for a few years.

I ain't ever had a job, I just always played baseball.

Not only in the creative world but also in the sports world. The most successful achievers in sports are people that are really driven and have that spirit of hunger.

Hard work alone won't guarantee success, but without hard work, I'll guarantee you won't have success.

It takes time to create excellence. If it could be done quickly, more people would do it.