Winning Quotes

When you stop planning and preparing . . . you stop winning.

People say, My God, you're so disciplined. But it has nothing to do with discipline; I loved it. Because I knew that every time I went to the gym I was one step closer to winning the competition.

I'll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it's sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot.

Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing. If you can shrug off a loss, you can never be a winner!

From the fall of October, 1980 to March, 1984 I never lost a competition.

Winning is not everything, but the effort to win is.

The motivation for me is just the game itself, just playing the game the right way and trying to win, compete every time I step out there on the floor. That's motivation enough for me to go out there and play well.

Winning is not everything, but wanting to win is.

No leader, however great, can long continue unless he wins battles. The battle decides all.

I think you've got to pay the price for anything that's worthwhile, and success is paying the price. You've got to pay the price to win, you've got to pay the price to stay on top, and you 've got to pay the price to get there.

...to win by one is enough.

Like everyone else, you want to learn the way to win, but never to accept the way to lose - to accept defeat. To learn to die is to be liberated from it. So when tomorrow comes you must free your ambitious mind and learn the art of dying!

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

I know If I score we're going to win the match.

We run to win, not just to be in the race.

You have to do everything possible to win no matter what.

Winning isn't always championships.

We are not going to win because you have a new head coach, any more than you are going to fix a flat tire by changing the driver. We will win the minute all of us get rid of excuses as to why we can't win and stop wallowing in self-pity.

Winners see the gain; losers see the pain.

Win without boasting, lose without excuses - internalize your failures and externalize your victories.

The attitude, 'You can win if you want to badly enough,' means that the will to win is constant. No amount of punishment, no amount of effort, no condition is too 'tough' to take in order to win. Such an attitude can be developed only if winning is closely tied to the practitioner's ideals and dreams.

I don't just try to score. The challenge is elevating my teammates to be able to win a championship.

It's easier to lose than to win.

You carry on no matter what are the obstacles. You simply refuse to give up - and, when the going gets tough, you get tougher. And, you win.

I asked you to pack your headgear and shoulder pads, but more importantly your defense and your kicking game, because that's what wins game like this.

If you think you are beaten you are, if you think you dare not, you don't. If you like to win, but you think you can't, it is almost certain you won't.

You must do your damdest and win.

But my drive to win is so great ... I just step over that line. ... It's very embarrassing, ... one of the things you totally regret. So you look at yourself in the mirror and say, 'I was stupid.'

I want to consistently play well and win titles. I'm only at the beginning.

We win our games in practice. We learn and follow the fundamentals of our game better than anyone in the league. All of our games are won in practice.

When you start training camp, you're building the tools necessary to win a championship. You have to have the patience.

I don't think we can win every game. Just the next one.

All right mister, let me tell you that winning means you're willing to go longer, work harder, give more than anyone else.

Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.

The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.

Liverpool have great players and I came here to be one more and help to win titles - especially because I don't have as many as they do!

I think the greatest thing about playing obviously is winning, and you can't replace that experience with anything.

All winning teams are goal-oriented. Teams like these win consistently because everyone connected with them concentrates on specific objectives. They go about their business with blinders on; nothing will distract them from achieving their aims.

One reason I won't compromise is because I believe honesty helps you win over the long haul. You can win a game tomorrow and lose a team. You can lose a game tomorrow and win a football team.

In this game that we're playing, we can't win. Some kinds of failure are better than other kinds, that's all.

It’s not a question of if we make the playoffs; we will. And when we get there, I have no fear of anyone.

To the winner, there is 100-percent elation, 100-percent fun, 100-percent laughter; and yet the only thing left to the loser is resolution and determination.

After winning, most teams become individuals; most teams become complacent.

No matter what happens on the field, getting an education makes you a winner.

Winning - that's the most important to me. It's as simple as that.

Friends come and go but banners hang forever.

The desire to win is born in most of us. The will to win is a matter of training. The manner of winning is a matter of honour.

Winning is not a sometime thing; it's an all time thing. You don't win once in a while, you don't do things right once in a while, you do them right all the time. Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.

I can remember a game, we were down with about 5 to 10 points, I go off about 25 points, we come back and win the game, we're walking off the floor. Tex (Winter) looks at me and says "There's no "I" in team!" I looked at Tex and say, "There's not, but there's an 'I' in win!

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.

The Winner is always part of the answer.The Loser is always part of the problem.The Winner always has a program.The Loser always has an excuse.The Winner says, "Let me do it for you."The Loser says, "That's not my job."The Winner sees an answer for every problem.The Loser sees a problem for every answer.The Winner sees a green near every sand trapThe Loser sees two or three sand traps near every green.The Winner says, "It may be difficult but it's possible."The Loser says, "It might be possible but it's too difficult."Be a Winner.

We feel fortunate [with Canada hockey team]. We have got a lot of guys who love to play, but they also love to win even more. We are pretty happy. Although we are young, we like our group of players.

I focus on one thing and one thing only - that's trying to win as many championships as I can.

Winners don't do different things.They do things differently

A racehorse that consistently runs just a second faster than another horse is worth millions of dollars more. Be willing to give that extra effort that separates the winner from the one in second place.

Go back through football, and you will see that the team with the best defense wins.

Winning is not a sometime thing; it's an all the time thing.

A quitter never wins and a winner never quits.

It is and has always been an American zeal to be first in everything we do, and to win.

Hopefully I can be on the scoresheet often and that's what I want: to help the team and score goals so we can win football matches.