Winning Quotes - Page 4

• Whoever said, 'It's not whether you win or lose that counts,' probably lost.

  Martina Navratilova

  Inspirational, Funny, Sports

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• Anybody can win - unless there happens to be a second entry.

  George Ade

  Hilarious, Sarcastic, Laughter

  Fables in Slang (1900) p. 133

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• Success is almost totally dependent upon drive and persistence. The extra energy required to make another effort or try another approach is the secret of winning.

  Denis Waitley

  Inspirational, Success, Determination

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• One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.

  Oscar Wilde

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

  Oscar Wilde (2004). “The Best of Oscar Wilde: Selected Plays and Writings”, p.187, Penguin

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• One characteristic of winners is they always look upon themselves as a do it yourself project.

  Denis Waitley

  Attitude, Looks, Literature

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• For myself, losing is not coming second. It's getting out of the water knowing you could have done better. For myself, I have won every race I've been in

  Ian Thorpe

  Motivational, Sports, Swimming

  Ian Thorpe (2012). “This Is Me: The Autobiography”, p.50, Simon and Schuster

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• Picture yourself vividly as winning, and that alone will contribute immeasurably to success.

  Harry Emerson Fosdick

  Success, Encouraging, Congratulations

  "Personality and Life: A Practical Guide to Personality Improvement". Book by Jay N. Holliday, 1941.

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• Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

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• Stupidity can win for a moment, but it can never really succeed because the nature of humans is to seek freedom. Rulers can delay that freedom, but they cannot stop it.

  Ai Weiwei

  Stupidity, Delay, Succeed

  "Ai Weiwei: to live your life in fear is worse than losing your freedom". www.theguardian.com. June 21, 2012.

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• If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory.

  William Hazlitt

  Faith, War, Thinking

  William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.1260, Delphi Classics

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  You are on the eve of a complete victory. You can't go wrong. The world is behind you.

  Josephine Baker

  Inspirational, Happiness, Success

  "Hollywood Who's Who Marched With King in '63" by Carl M. Cannon, www.realclearpolitics.com. August 29, 2013.

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• Whoever wishes to win in this game must have patience and money, since the values are so little constant and the rumours so little founded on truth

  James de la Vega

  Business, Games, Wish

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• 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?

  Lane Kirkland

  Believe, Important, Principles

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• We count on winning. And if we lose, don't beef. And the best way to prevent beefing is - don't lose.

  Knute Rockne

  Motivational, Sports, Nfl

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• Hell, no! A tie is like kissing your sister!

  Bear Bryant

  Softball, Sports, Football

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• hoever wishes to win in this game must have patience and money, since the values are so little constant and the rumors so little founded on truth Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.

  Jonathan Swift

  Money, Art, Games

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• 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.

  Pierre de Coubertin

  Fighting, Aquariums, Games

  1908 Speech to Olympic Games officials, London, 24 Jul.

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• A champion needs a motivation above and beyond winning.

  Pat Riley

  Basketball, Motivation, Champion

  "Dressed For Success". Interview with Kevin Newell, coachad.com. October 2, 2009.

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• I don't know how to put it, but yet you know we have so many people who the way they look at life, the way they work depends on what happens, us winning or losing. It's kind of crazy. So, I kind of got caught up in that, I'm gonna try to stay away from that.

  Mike Ditka

  Sports, Crazy, People

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• If you can react the same way to winning and losing, that's a big accomplishment.

  Chris Evert

  Accomplishment, Tennis, Way

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• You must accept that you might fail; then, if you do your best and still don't win, at least you can be satisfied that you've tried. If you don't accept failure as a possibility, you don't set high goals, you don't branch out, you don't try - you don't take the risk.

  Rosalynn Carter

  Courage, Women, Failure

  Rosalynn Carter (2016). “First Lady from Plains”, p.45, University of Arkansas Press

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• The momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil.

  Francis Bacon

  Life, Art, Evil

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• Everybody's got pretty good players now, more players than there've ever been. If you play poorly, you're going to get beat.

  Bear Bryant

  Sports, Player, Beats

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  A life of frustration is inevitable for any coach whose main enjoyment is winning.

  Chuck Noll

  Motivational Sports, Athlete, Frustration

  "Chuck Noll, Hall of Fame Pittsburgh Steelers coach, dies at 82", www.theguardian.com. June 14, 2014.

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• The secret to winning is constant, consistent management.

  Tom Landry

  Motivational, Teamwork, Monday Morning

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