Quotes About Effort

Every time a medal is won on the national or international platform, our country really enjoys winners but we don't appreciate the effort that goes into creating winners.

Winning and losing isn't everything; sometimes, the journey is just as important as the outcome.

Badminton is not only about winning. What is important to me is about playing hard, doing my best and putting up a good show for the spectators.

A winning effort begins with preparation.

My biggest achievement more than any award is contributing in a winning cause for my team.

A successful competition for me is always going out there and putting 100 percent into whatever I'm doing. It's not always winning. People, I think, mistake that it's just winning. Sometimes it could be, but for me, it's hitting the best sets I can, gaining confidence, and having a good time and having fun.

Success is almost totally dependent upon drive and persistence. The extra energy required to make another effort or try another approach is the secret of winning.

When you're not winning, you're losing.

Marathon running, like golf, is a game for players, not winners. That is why Callaway sells golf clubs and Nike sells running shoes. But running is unique in that the world's best racers are on the same course, at the same time, as amateurs, who have as much chance of winning as your average weekend warrior would scoring a touchdown in the NFL.

For me, winning isn't just about lifting the cup, the trophy - it's about giving your maximum, on and off the pitch.

Winning is like shaving - you do it every day or you wind up looking like a bum.

The harder you work, the less mistakes you make. The fewer mistakes you make, the better your chances of winning.

Players should know that if you can't make the contribution of the winning shot, that your attitude every day when you come to practice, or the positive contribution you make through cheering and keeping up team morale, is just as important in the overall picture.

I'm competitive with myself, but not with other people. I set goals for myself. I don't really care about winning or losing as long as I do my best.

I'm doing whatever I have to do to help my team win. So, instead of being focused on anything from the outside, I'm focused on winning and that next game.

The thrill isn't in the winning, it's in the doing.

Winning isn't always championships.

To cross the line for the team, to have an impact on winning the game - that's why I play this game.

Winning the game is the single most important thing. If you go 0-for-4, but you catch a shutout or a one-run game, and your pitcher goes seven, eight innings, and the closer closes out the game, that's the ultimate satisfaction for a catcher. Much more than going 4-for-4 and losing.

Regardless of whether it is playing for your school team or playing for Manchester United, winning is great.

There is no magical formula for winning a Nobel Prize.

Winning, to me, is easy. Winning more is the challenge.

For me, half the joy of achieving has been the struggle and the fight, the pitting myself against the world and all its competition - and winning.

I'm fed up of hearing that Adrian Lewis is so naturally talented blah blah blah. I'd rather hear that I'm winning.