quotations about winning
Winning may not be everything, but losing has little to recommend it.
DIANNE FEINSTEIN
Nine and Counting: The Women of the Senate
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
Over time, you realise winning is a logical result of development.
PEPIJN LJINDERS
"Fans have right to protest", This Is Anfield, February 6, 2016
The game itself is bigger than the winning.
DEJAN STOJANOVIC
The Sun Watches the Sun
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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 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
The moment of victory is much to short to live for that and nothing else.
MARTINA NAVRATILOVA
Independent, June 21, 1989
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
For me, it's not even so much about winning. I hate to lose more than I love to win.
KAYLA ANDERSON
"Winning is the only option", Hoover Sun, January 26, 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
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