WINNING QUOTES
quotations about winning
Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing.
VINCE LOMBARDI
attributed, The Lombardi Rules: 25 Lessons from Vince Lombardi
The difference in winning and losing is most often ... not quitting.
WALT DISNEY
attributed, Motivational Quotes
Winning isn't everything to me, but it's a close second. Losing isn't something that I can just brush off and fake a smile to hide my frustration. It's that will and determination that I hope will get me where I want to go.
DALE EARNHARDT, JR.
Driver #8
You can't win every week.
CARYL CHURCHILL
Far Away
Never give up, never give in, and when the upper hand is ours, may we have the ability to handle the win with the dignity that we absorbed the loss.
DOUG WILLIAMS
attributed, "100 Most Inspirational Sports Quotes of All Times"
One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.
OSCAR WILDE
An Ideal Husband
The media attention. It's only good when your winning, but when you're winning, it's great. When you're losing around here, you're a complete bum.
CARSON PALMER
interview, November 4, 2002
Winning is great, but winning on opening night is even better.
JASON MARSHALL
"UTSA baseball wins home opener over UConn", Paisano Online, February 23, 2016
Perpetuating success or sliding into decline is the result of many intersecting forces that reinforce one another directly and indirectly. They are both cause and effect of winning or losing. Winning generates positive forces, losing generates negative forces.
ROSABETH MOSS KANTER
Confidence
Winning isn't getting ahead of others. It's getting ahead of yourself.
ROGER STAUBACH
attributed, Wisdom Sayings for Our Troubling Times
Winners have to absorb losses.
ICE-T
Men's Health, December 2005
He who dares wins.
AMERICAN PROVERB
If it doesn't matter who wins or loses, then why do they keep score?
VINCE LOMBARDI
attributed, Winning on Purpose
If you ask me how I want to be remembered, it is as a winner. You know what a winner is? A winner is somebody who has given his best effort, who has tried the hardest they possibly can, who has utilized every ounce of energy and strength within them to accomplish something. It doesn't mean that they accomplished it or failed, it means that they've given it their best. That's a winner.
WALTER PAYTON
Never Die Easy: The Autobiography of Walter Payton
Finishing is winning, winning is finishing.
ANONYMOUS
All games are basically hostile. Winners and losers. We see them all around us: the winners and the losers. The losers can oftentimes become winners, and the winners can very easily become losers.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS
"The War Universe", Grand Street, 1991
To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you're not, pretend you are.
MUHAMMAD ALI
attributed, A Season in Words: A Coach's Guide to Motivation from the Preseason to the Postseason
My core philosophy on winning and motivation is summed up by saying that you were born to win, but in order to be the winner you were born to be, you have to plan to win and prepare to win before you can expect to win.
ZIG ZIGLAR
Born to Win: Find Your Success Code
It is a silly game where nobody wins.
THOMAS FULLER
Gnomologia
Those enjoying winning streaks thus win twofold. They win not only the game but also the right to greater self-determination. They become masters of their own fate. That feeling of efficacy, of being in charge of circumstances, is the essence of confidence. Winning once or twice is encouraging, but winning continuously is empowering.
ROSABETH MOSS KANTER
Confidence