Can't Win Quotes - Page 5

• You've got to have great athletes to win, I don't care who the coach is. You can't win without good athletes but you can lose with them. This is where coaching makes the difference.

  Lou Holtz

  Athlete, Winning, Differences

  Lou Holtz (1990). “The Fighting Spirit: A Championship Season at Notre Dame”

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• You can't win. The annoying thing is that you can't attack them, but you can't defend yourself. The best thing you could possibly do is punch a paparazzi and give them their big payday.

  Robert Pattinson

  Winning, Giving, Annoying

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• Some people have questioned whether or not I can play a nice guy. Sometimes you can't win for losing.

  Michael Chiklis

  Nice, Winning, Play

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• You can't win by being more average than average.

  Seth Godin

  Winning, Average, Can't Win

  Interview with Tamara Adlin, adlininc.com. August 27, 2007.

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• A study of interactions between women and obstetricians offers an explanation. It described three levels of increasing power imbalance: In the first, you fight and lose; in the second you don't fight because you know you can't win. However, in the highest level of power differential, your preferences are so manipulated that you act against your own interests, but you are content. Elective [meaning requested for no medical reason, not to be confused with needed surgery planned in advance] repeat cesarean exemplifies that highest level.

  Henci Goer

  Confused, Fighting, Winning

  Henci Goer (1999). “The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth”, p.163, Penguin

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• We can't win against obsession. They care, we don't. They win.

  Douglas Adams

  Winning, Fjords, Psychology

  Douglas Adams (2009). “Life, the Universe and Everything”, p.75, Pan Macmillan

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• Can't win without talent, you know.

  Al McGuire

  Basketball, Winning, Talent

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• You get irritated when I say I'm not angry and you get irritated when I say I am angry. I can't win." "Because you just saying whatever you think will shut me up," he accused me. "Aye, but it's not working." "Argh!" was his response, and he charged on down the street.

  Moira J. Moore

  Winning, Thinking, Irritated

  Moira J. Moore (2006). “The Hero Strikes Back”, p.72, Penguin

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• We all play chess with Fate as partner. He makes a move, we make a move. He tries to checkmate us in three moves, we try to prevent it. We know we can't win, but we're driven to give him a good fight.

  Isaac Bashevis Singer

  Moving, Fighting, Fate

  Isaac Bashevis Singer (1982). “The collected stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer”, Vintage

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• You can't win. Logic has no power over her when her territory has been invaded by heathens.

  Mira Grant

  Winning, Territory, Logic

  Mira Grant (2010). “Feed: The Newsflesh Trilogy:”, p.69, Hachette UK

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• You can’t win unless you try to win, but you can lose by trying not to lose.

  Jack Campbell

  Winning, Trying, Can't Win

  Jack Campbell (2009). “The Lost Fleet: Relentless”, p.30, Penguin

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• You can't outwit fate by standing on the sidelines placing little sidebets about the outcome of life. either you wade in and risk everything you have to play the game or you don't play at all. and if u don't play u can't win.

  Judith McNaught

  Inspirational, Powerful, Fate

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• If you can't win by reason, go for volume.

  Bill Watterson

  Winning, Reason, Volume

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• 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

  Inspirational, Motivational, Wrestling

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• You can't win 'til you're not afraid to lose

  Jon Bon Jovi

  Winning, Not Afraid, Can't Win

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• fear life but don't die, your alone, everybody's alone, oh Cody Pomeray you can't win you can't lose all is ephemeral all is hurt

  Jack Kerouac

  Hurt, Winning, Ephemeral

  Jack Kerouac (1972). “Visions of Cody”, London : André Deutsch

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• First rule of politics: you can't win unless you're on the ballot. Second rule: If you run, you may lose. And, if you tie, you do not win.

  Donald Rumsfeld

  Running, Winning, Ties

  Donald Rumsfeld (2001). “Public Statements of Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, 2001”

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• It just so happens that the green religion is now taking over from the Christian religion. I don't think people have noticed that, but it's got all the sort of terms that religions use. The greens use guilt. That just shows how religious greens are. You can't win people round by saying they are guilty for putting (carbon dioxide) in the air.

  James Lovelock

  Christian, Religious, Winning

  "James Lovelock: The UK should be going mad for fracking". Interview with Leo Hickman, www.theguardian.com. June 15, 2012.

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• People who work together will win, whether it be against complex football defenses, or the problems of modern society.

  Vince Lombardi

  Motivational, Teamwork, Football

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• In '82 Brazil showed that you can't win the World Cup without a solid defense.

  Alan Hansen

  Winning, Defense, Brazil

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• ‎Mark it down: God loves you with an unearthly love. You can't win it by being winsome. You can't lose it by being a loser. But you can be blind enough to resist it

  Max Lucado

  Love You, Winning, Loser

  Max Lucado (2009). “3:16: The Numbers of Hope”, p.32, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• ...people get hurt in rumbles, maybe killed. I'm sick of it because it doesn't do any good. You can't win...even if you whip us. You'll still be where you were before- at the bottom. And we'll still be the lucky ones with all the breaks. So it doesn't do any good, the fighting and the killing. It doesn't prove a thing.

  S. E. Hinton

  Hurt, Fighting, Winning

  S. E. Hinton (2012). “The Outsiders”, p.80, Penguin

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• I realized early that unless you're willing to kill the innocent, you can't win.

  Pat Conroy

  Winning, Innocent, Can't Win

  Pat Conroy (2010). “The Prince of Tides: A Novel”, p.453, Open Road Media

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• I can skate beautifully. While performing on ice I always try to please the audience and to win as well. Being artistic is very important to get the audience on your side. As for a competition, you can't win without strong technical content.

  Evgeni Plushenko

  Strong, Winning, Bad Ass

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• Italians can't win the game against you, but you can lose the game against the Italians.

  Johan Cruijff

  Soccer, Winning, Games

  "'You play football with your head, and your legs are there to help you': Johan Cruyff in quotes", www.theguardian.com. March 24, 2016.

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