Winning Quotations

It seems to be a law of nature, inflexible and inexorable, that those who will not risk cannot win.

It's the steady, quiet, plodding ones who win in the lifelong race.

You've got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.

You've got to be closer to the edge than ever to win. That means sometimes you go over the edge, and I don't mean driving, either.

You might win some, but you just lost one.

I have yet to be in a game where luck was involved. Well-prepared players make plays. I have yet to be in a game where the most prepared team didn't win.

The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.

Who ever wins today will win the championship no matter who wins.

Never change a winning game; always change a losing one.

If Jack Nicklaus can win the Masters at 46, I can win the Kentucky Derby at 54.

I want everyone in the Republican party who opposed me to know this: you are welcome to join this people's crusade. Come aboard. You are both welcome and needed. If we unite, we'll win - and we'll rebuild New York.

I have played on many teams throughout my career, and I know when a team has the tools, and the right positive attitude towards winning.

If you look at attitudes today and where they are headed, it's clear to me that supporting equal rights, including the rights to civil marriage, is a net positive for winning elections, as well as the right thing to do.

Continuous, unflagging effort, persistence and determination will win. Let not the man be discouraged who has these.

It's the only way I think I'm ever going to walk away from the game, is to go ahead and say I'm going to, and then I've got to. There's no turning back now - win, lose or draw.

Nude nail polish wins hands down over intricate nail art.

We have a demon, we have an angel inside, within our souls, and you just play with it, and sometimes the evil part of you wins the battle, in a very important decision, or in a bedtime, with your lover. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose.

If you never concede a goal, you're going to win more games than you lose.

If there is one thing that all players have in common it is that winning, competitive gene; the ability to overcome obstacles and fight for what you want from your career.

For me, fiscal realism is not a betrayal of Labour values; it is the foundation by which we win the trust of the public.

I think there's a lot of different ways to win. You've seen teams that win championships with a super-duper star like Kobe Bryant. Those championship teams with Michael Jordan certainly had a great, great player.

I was introverted, shy. But if you win a lot you need to be extroverted, or they'll think you're arrogant.

Idealism loses to pragmatism when it comes to winning elections.

I'm a winner, I play to win, I want to make good things go on around me.

Looking back, of course, it was irresponsible, mad, forlorn, idiotic, but if you don't take chances then you'll never have a winning hand, and I've no regrets.

The hardest people to reach with the love of God are not the bad people. They know they are bad. They have no defense. The hardest ones to win for God are the self-righteous people.

The integral part of being a star is having the will to win. All the champions have it.

Being a runner means you are now 'free' to win and lose and live life to its fullest.

You don't win championships by just being normal, by just being average.

Win, lose or draw, you're all my cousins and I love you.

The labour movement had the best opportunity in 50 years to transform not merely an industrial situation and win an important battle for workers in struggle, but an opportunity to change the government of the day.

When I was about six or seven, I did this character reenactment performance where I read a monologue from 'Peter Pan.' I got into a complete Peter Pan outfit and did a little paragraph from the script - and I ended up winning an award for it.

I was still young when I missed Beijing. I was favourite to win a medal but I knew I had time. My coach advised me to stay at school and finish my exams. Even if I had gone and won the Olympics, I might not have handled the pressure. So I moved on.

I've always had a will to succeed, to win, however you phrase it.

Win or lose today I am proud of the way my boys have played in the tournament.

Football is a simple game. Twenty-two men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans always win.

The mainstream media may have trouble resisting the temptation to declare that Karl Rove has been demoted, but the truth is quite the contrary. By giving up his role as deputy White House chief of staff, Rove has been freed to do what he does best: shape big issues and develop strategies to win elections.

Winning is the most important thing in my life, after breathing. Breathing first, winning next.

We create success or failure on the course primarily by our thoughts.

You learn more from losing than winning. You learn how to keep going.

Gentlemen, I fervently trust that before long the principle of arbitration may win such confidence as to justify its extension to a wider field of international differences.

Everyone talks about age, but it's not about age. It's about work ethic. Winning never gets old.

With but few exceptions, it is always the underdog who wins through sheer willpower.

It takes a lot of effort to win back credibility after having lost it so heavily.

Inside each of us, there is the seed of both good and evil. It's a constant struggle as to which one will win. And one cannot exist without the other.

To me, it doesn't matter how good you are. Sport is all about playing and competing. Whatever you do in cricket and in sport, enjoy it, be positive and try to win.

When you play in the Premier League, say you're playing against a lower-end team, they set up to defend all the time, they set up to block you off. But when you play in the Champions League, all the other teams are used to winning every week, so it's more of an open game, it's more attacking, end-to-end.

I've been watching politics for 35 or 40 years and you just never know. You can have one person win the Iowa caucus and then the whole picture changes ten minutes later. The same thing can happen again after New Hampshire. I have no idea what's going to happen with our country in the future.

There is no prize in sales for second place. It's win or nothing. The masters know this and strive for - they fight for - that winning edge.

Be brave if you lose and meek if you win.

Some people in Hollywood think of me as a model for dramatic midlife transitions: suburban housewife to Emmy-winning actress. But I never plotted out a master plan for following my dreams.

It is our conduct, our patriotism and belief in our American way of life, our courage that will win the final battle.

I have a feeling we are going to be world champions, I can't really explain why. Brazil are probably the best team in the world in terms of individual players. But the team with the most gifted players do not always win.

There is only one option in Iraq: that we win.

Once I decide to do something, I want to win in the worst way. I will do anything within the law to win.

A Lawyer will do anything to win a case, sometimes he will even tell the truth.

I hate to lose more than I love to win.

The match has become quite unpredictable, but it still looks as though Arsenal will win the cup

Those who know how to win are much more numerous than those who know how to make proper use of their victories.

Success doesn't necessarily come from breakthrough innovation but from flawless execution. A great strategy alone won't win a game or a battle; the win comes from basic blocking and tackling.

We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat. They do not exist.

What does it take to be a champion? Desire, dedication, determination, concentration and the will to win.

The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part; the essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well.

As a teenager I had no idea that I had the potential to win an Olympic gold medal and my athletic career developed only by lucky circumstances.

The only way to win tournaments is with the short game. Over half your shots out here are within 30 or 40 yards. Ballstriking is where I'm trying to improve, yes, but more to eliminate big numbers than make birdies.

Don't believe that winning is really everything. It's more important to stand for something. If you don't stand for something, what do you win?

I knew Scotty was going to win. At the beginning of the episode, I was like, 'Scotty, are you ready to win?'. I knew he was going to in my heart. I accepted it. I couldn't pick a more perfect person to get second place to. He's my best friend.

To me, football is so much about mental toughness, it's digging deep, it's doing whatever you need to do to help a team win and that comes in a lot of shapes and forms.

Remember the sufferings of Christ, the storms that were weathered... the crown that came from those sufferings which gave new radiance to the faith... All saints give testimony to the truth that without real effort, no one ever wins the crown.

Not a lot of people know me outside of athletics and believe it or not I am actually quite shy. The exhilaration of a win or tears after falling are the extremes. It takes me a while to get to know someone, but once I do I am very loyal to my old friends.

But I it doesn't matter who scores the goals so long as we win.

If the Mets can win the World Series, the United States can get out of Vietnam.

Trials are no longer about freeing the innocent, punishing the guilty, and making restitution to the injured. They have devolved into a contest over who will win.

All my life, the naysayers have told me that I can't win because I'm a progressive... because I'm a woman... even because I'm a lesbian.

I was slightly disappointed, but also encouraged, because I put myself in position to win a major, which is all even Tiger says he tries to do.

To be a champion, I think you have to see the big picture. It's not about winning and losing; it's about every day hard work and about thriving on a challenge. It's about embracing the pain that you'll experience at the end of a race and not being afraid. I think people think too hard and get afraid of a certain challenge.

Power is winning the battle over who owns the customer: the brand or the retailer.

You never pull the trigger until you know you can win.

I didn't want to settle or become complacent after winning a major, I wanted to stay hungry. It's easy to do. It's easy to win a big tournament and kind of get a little lazy, so it's been a good motivator for me to work a little harder.

No one wants to quit when he's losing and no one wants to quit when he's winning.

Your karma should be good, and everything else will follow. Your good karma will always win over your bad luck.

I'd rather win two or three, lose one, win two or three more. I'm a great believer in things evening out. If you win a whole bunch in a row, somewhere along the line you're going to lose some too.

I love winning more than I love playing badminton. Winning is everything.

People thought I was cocky because I didn't talk much. When I first turned pro, reporters asked me who was going to win. I'd say, 'I am' because it was the easier than giving some long, drawn-out answer.

It's the game of life. Do I win or do I lose? One day they're gonna shut the game down. I gotta have as much fun and go around the board as many times as I can before it's my turn to leave.

You will never win if you never begin.

Getting the nomination is like gravy. Winning would be like whatever is better than gravy.

You must take the compromise to win, or else nothing. That means: you race or you do not.

When you play Bobby, it is not a question if you win or lose. It is a question if you survive.

What is important for kids to learn is that no matter how much money they have, earn, win, or inherit, they need to know how to spend it, how to save it, and how to give it to others in need. This is what handling money is about, and this is why we give kids an allowance.

Sometimes it's all about the win, sometimes it's about the skiing.

Winning doesn't always mean being first. Winning means you're doing better than you've ever done before.

Race, what is that? Race is a competition, somebody winning and somebody losing. Blood doesn't run in races! Come on!

I try to live my life like my father lives his. He always takes care of everyone else first. He won't even start eating until he's sure everyone else in the family has started eating. Another thing: My dad never judges me by whether I win or lose.

Coaching is easy. Winning is the hard part.

Classical tragedy was the war between good and evil. We wanted evil to be defeated and good to be victorious. But the battle in modern tragedy is between good and good. And no matter which side wins, we'll still be heartbroken.

When the Republicans controlled the House from 1994 -2006, Democrats like Nancy Pelosi, Barney Frank, Henry Waxman Charlie Rangel, John Conyers and Rahm Emanuel weren't saying we need to move right to win. They stuck to their philosophy. And they fought against Reagan and they fought against the Bushes. And eventually they did win.

You don't just accidentally show up in the World Series.

When the principles that run against your deepest convictions begin to win the day, then the battle is your calling, and peace has become sin. You must at the price of dearest peace lay your convictions bare before friend and enemy with all the fire of your faith.

In business everyone is out to grab, to fight, to win. Either you are the under or the over dog. It is up to you to be on top.