Quotes About Winning

All sport... is one of the few activities where young people can proceed along traditional avenues, where objectives are clear, where the desire to win is not only permissible, but encouraged.

The bigger the trophy, the more trivial the contest.

Bobby Knight told me this: 'There is nothing that a good defense cannot beat a better offense.' In other words a good offense wins.

We count on winning. And if we lose, don't beef. And the best way to prevent beefing is - don't lose.

From the fall of October, 1980 to March, 1984 I never lost a competition.

When you're expected to win and you have the press saying that you are going to win the Olympic gold medal, and you're the only sure thing in the Olympics, it can undermine your confidence.

Winning is a great deodorant.

I was playing rugby and the other games English school children do, and there was an event which was planned in which races were run, and I simply just won these by a considerable margin

I always like to win. But I'm the big sister. I want to make sure she has everything, even if I don't have anything. It's hard. I love her too much. That's what counts.

The fact that we're in the playoffs doesn't mean anything to us, to be honest with you. Hopefully, we can accomplish our goal of going into the playoffs on a winning note.

This might sound extreme, perhaps even a little deranged, but I don't think you can make it to the very top rank in any sport if you don't have a similar aversion to losing—a visceral, physical loathing. I look for this trait in an athlete, although the hatred of losing has to be balanced by a certain degree of realism, an ability to step back just enough so that you can process your disappointing performance and learn from it.

I don't like to use the words batting or fighting when talking about cancer. It suggests that there are only two outcomes: winning and losing. If you don't get well, then you are a loser. If you have decided to stop treatment, you are giving up. That's nonsense....It is not a fair fight. Not even close. It is simple biology. You get treatment and you get better. Or you don't. And neither outcome is an indication of your strength as a person.

Being simply "better than average" is not good enough. You have to be head and shoulders above the crowd to win a minus-sum game.

Anybody can lose,' cautioned Mr J.L.B. Matekoni. 'You need to remember that every time you win.

Struggle, purpose, accomplishment, and challenge are what truly brings meaning to existence. The ASI's war with the Androms helped bring this into proper focus. Winning

When I have White, I win because I am white. When I have Black, I win because I am Bogolyubov.

There is no substitute for victory.

Every time you see me I look like I hit the lotto twice.

Cause I was stayin home when they was having fun. So please dont be surprised when they announce that I won.

Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life has not.

Getting adjusted regularly is part of my goal to win in life and on the field.

To me, it's obvious that the winner has to bet very selectively. It's been obvious to me since very early in life. I don't know why it's not obvious to very many other people.

Like it or not, life is a series of competitions.

Winning is not a sometime thing; it's an all the time thing.