Quotes About Triumph

Failure offered me a better destiny.

The global triumph of American technology has been predicated on the implicit separation between the business interests of Silicon Valley and the political interests of Washington.

My favourite Heineken Cup memory as a player was undoubtedly sharing in Wasps' final triumph in 2007.

When I watch Twenty20 cricket, there's a different satisfaction. That hundred you get in six hours is a very satisfying feeling. A real triumph of skill. I don't quite see that in the 20-over game - or the 100-ball game.

I feel very fortunate. I feel like an Olympian. When I watch the Olympics, I cry because I have been through that journey.

It's a story about victory that will touch the lives of everyone who watches it. It's powerful.

I grew up watching 'Rocky.' I still love that movie, the original one.

One of my inspirations, Harry Houdini, remains an icon of the art because he defied our primal fears. His demonstrations in the early 20th century, especially his escape from the Chinese water torture cell, represented triumph over suffocation, drowning, disorientation and helplessness.

The detection of gravitational waves is truly a triumph of modern large-scale experimental physics.

When I win, I send shock waves through the boxing world.

It's been a long way, but we're here.

There have been some ups and downs. I've not always had it my own way. That's the way racing is supposed to be.

We cannot always shine and play to our very best, but as long as we win, it doesn't matter.

In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.

That term, 'David and Goliath,' has entered our language as a metaphor for improbable victories by some weak party over someone far stronger.

There's no better feeling than coming off the pitch knowing you've won the game.

The only place that matters is first.

There is no such thing as second place. Either you're first or you're nothing.

I've lived places these guys can't defecate in.

When I met Richard Leakey, I thought, 'This is the most charismatic man I've ever met.' He has no legs. He lost them when his plane was sabotaged. But he's an interesting, sort of narcissistic guy.

People say it's a movie about boxing, but... I don't agree at all. I don't think it's a movie about boxing. Boxing is like a platform. It's just a stage where this is played out.

You play football to go out there and win - that's the bottom line.

When you train a massive club or little third division outfit, when you go out to play football in any situation, it is always about winning.

Winning is why we play football.