quotations about winning
Sportsmanship isn't just about being nice or playing fair. It's is a state of graciousness in both being a winner and a loser. What this means is that you win with humility and you lose with dignity. Winning with humility allows you to take the focus off of just you and recognize others who contribute to the win. That is your coaches and teammates. Yes, it's a great feeling to win. Winning with humility allows you to recognize and value your opponents' skills and talents. Something that isn't commonly done.
BLANCA COBB
"Learning Lessons from the Super Bowl", WFMY News 2, February 2, 2016
You can be a really successful golfer, and live comfortably, fly private and have a nice house, nice car, and never win. And I feel like I was born differently. I feel like winning is everything. I feel like I would rather sleep on the streets and be homeless and have had won.
JAMES HAHN
"To Win Once and No More Can Weigh on PGA Tour Golfers", New York Times, February 20, 2016
In sport, winning is like tonic water, designed to taste good with everything.
DENIS WALSH
"Fitz is flying again", The Sunday Times, April 2, 2017
Everybody has won, and all must have prizes.
LEWIS CARROLL
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Winning is an attitude! Winning is the attainment of goals. It is not giving up until you have reached your destination no matter what the obstacles!
DENIS MAGUA
Martial Art Thoughts
Winning has nothing to do with racing. Most days don't have races anyway. Winning is about struggle and effort and optimism, and never, ever, ever giving up.
AMBY BURFOOT
Runner's Guide to the Meaning of Life
If you don't play, than the chance of winning is absolutely zero.
LUIGI LUGMAYR
"Powerball drawing of winning numbers for $1.5 billiong Powerball jackpot", I4U News, January 13, 2016
It is deeply satisfying to win a prize in front of a lot of people.
E. B. WHITE
Charlotte's Web
Winning is the best feeling I've ever had, and probably ever will have.
DEREK FOX
"One For Arthur wins the Grand National for Scotland, injured jockeys and 'golf widows'", BBC, April 8, 2017
Winning is not a sometime thing: it's an all the time thing. You don't win once in a while; you don't do the right thing once in a while; you do them right all the time. Winning is a habit.
VINCE LOMBARDI
What It Takes to Be Number One
If you're not willing to shell your own position, you're not willing to win.
HOWARD TAYLER
Schlock Mercenary, January 15, 2012
When you win it's beautiful.
DONALD TRUMP
"Trump says winning is beautiful as he basks in South Carolina victory", Bloomberg, February 20, 2016
The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning.
PELE
attributed, "100 Most Inspirational Sports Quotes of All Times"
A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.
LARRY BIRD
attributed, The Best Book of Basketball Facts and Stats
Winning is making constant self-improvement and turning yourself into the best version of yourself.
DENIS MAGUA
Martial Art Thoughts
Never change a winning game; always change a losing one.
BILL TILDEN
attributed, The Executive's Book of Quotations
It must not be assumed that winning is necessarily constructive or moral, nor is it, in and of itself, a political philosophy to be blindly followed. By itself, the act of winning says nothing about the underlying methods used or the attributes, principles, or ethics of the actors involved regarding any particular issue. A CEO may be dedicated to winning for his company (winning in this case defined, say, as simply making more money), but the means of winning could fall anywhere on the spectrum from honesty to deceit and corruption.
GARY HANCOCK
"Trump and Winning as a Political Philosophy", American Thinker, March 25, 2017
I would rather lose in a cause that will some day win, than win in a cause that will some day lose!
WOODROW WILSON
attributed, American Politics and the Party System
You've got to be sure of yourself before you can ever win a prize.
NAPOLEON HILL
Think and Grow Rich
Winning is easy. When you lose, you start looking at what happened and what can get better.
HENRI HOOFT
"Henri Hooft admits frustration, but denies leaving 'Rumble' high and dry after UFC 210", MMA Junkie, April 10, 2017