WINNING QUOTES IV

quotations about winning

Winning is a habit and it's something we want to get into.

SARAH TAYLOR

"Winning habit pleases Shrubsole", ECB, February 21, 2016


Over time, you realise winning is a logical result of development.

PEPIJN LJINDERS

"Fans have right to protest", This Is Anfield, February 6, 2016


Our skill is not shown in winning the game with good cards, but to make the best of whatever cards are placed in our hands.

G. FORSTER

attributed, Day's Collacon


The moment of victory is much to short to live for that and nothing else.

MARTINA NAVRATILOVA

Independent, June 21, 1989


Take what pleasure you can in the interstices of your work, but your work is first, learning first, winning is everything because without it there is nothing.

ORSON SCOTT CARD

Ender's Game

Tags: Orson Scott Card


I found that a world champion who is focused on winning for oneself never appears satisfied with winning -- winning is never enough! In contrast, a world champion in pursuit of winning for the benefit of others first appears happier, more fulfilled and on purpose. They transcend winning and losing.

STEVEN SYLVESTER

Detox Your Ego


The important thing in life is not the victory but the contest; the essential thing is not to have won but to have fought well.

BARON PIERRE DE COUBERTIN

speech on the Olympic Games, July 24, 1908


All the sacrifices that I've made, all the time, the sweat, spending time away from family, the financial investments that I've made in my career makes it all worth it in the end. Because until you actually win, there's a sense of not knowing if you ever will.

JAMES HAHN

"To Win Once and No More Can Weigh on PGA Tour Golfers", New York Times, February 20, 2016


Now I realized that me and him were just alike. We were both born to win. And, when we were not winning, it was OK 'cause we were busy planning to win.

SISTER SOULJAH

The Coldest Winter Ever


The game itself is bigger than the winning.

DEJAN STOJANOVIC

The Sun Watches the Sun


Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man. But sooner or later the man who wins is the man who thinks he can.

VINCE LOMBARDI

attributed, Dad's Playbook: Wisdom for Fathers from the Greatest Coaches of All Time

Tags: Vince Lombardi


Ballplayers are a superstitious breed, nobody more than I, and while you are winning you'd murder anybody who tried to change your sweatshirt, let alone your uniform.

LEO DUROCHER

Nice Guys Finish Last


Well, the last time I checked the psychology books, winning is not relative. That is, a team of winners remains a team of winners even if they start playing against those who are superior in skill. Check your Malcolm Gladwell, your Matthew Syed or your Jim Collins. Winning and successful behaviors are mentalities not based on skill -- they are based on behaviors and mentalities. Those who thrive and 'win' -- in education, in business -- feel and believe themselves to be 'winners'.

MATT SHELDON

"Why Leicester City Keep Winning", EPL Index, February 14, 2016


Winning is the antidote to a lot of things.

REINCE PRIEBUS

"Trump may win nomination without majority", Washington Post, February 23, 2016


Some people say it matters not whether you win or lose, but how you play the game. Well, that's a lot of toro poopo.

PETE ROSE

attributed, Baseball


Winning becomes easier over time as the cornerstones of confidence become habits.

ROSABETH MOSS KANTER

Confidence

Tags: Rosabeth Moss Kanter


Watching sports is supposed to be fun. For some people, only winning is fun. For me (a die-hard supporter of a team that has well known struggles with winning consistently) I find things beyond winning to fill in the gaps of the fun.

GOAUPHER

"PJ Fleck's foray into badminton & gymnastics is why I'm enjoying his Minnesota Football tenure so much", The Daily Gopher, April 5, 2017


Our key to winning is just domination. We want to just go take what's ours every year.

ALEX MOSES

"Burrell claims 10th straight WPIAL Class AA wrestling championship", Trib Live, February 6, 2016


Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner. Even if you're behind, a sustained look of control and confidence can give you a mental edge that results in victory.

ARTHUR ASHE

attributed, Flashpoint: Seven Core Strategies for Rapid Fire Business Growth


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