77 quotes about Winners and Winning

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

Ade, George

Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them -- a desire, a dream, a vision.

Ali, Muhammad

Every time you win, you're reborn; when you lose, you die a little.

Allen, George E.

You've got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.

Ashe, Arthur

Ever notice that people never say It's only a game when they're winning?

Ball, Ivern

Guts are a combination of confidence, courage, conviction, strength of character, stick-to-itiveness, pugnaciousness, backbone, and intestinal fortitude. They are mandatory for anyone who wants to get to and stay at the top.

Benton, D A

A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.

Bird, Larry

The world is full of people who never quite get into the first team and who just miss the prizes at the flower show.

Bronowski, Jacob

I don't believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front.

Brooks, Mel

There are winners, there are losers and there are people who have not yet learned how to win.

Brown, Les

A winner never whines.

Brown, Paul

It's not the will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes the difference.

Bryant, Bear

It is better to be defeated on principle than to win on lies.

Calwell, Arthur

The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell.

Carnegie, Andrew

Any time you try to win everything, you must be willing to lose everything.

Csonka, Larry

I can tell you one thing. I've done this my way. I don't have anybody to blame for this win but me, and I love it.

Daly, John

Life is strange. Every so often a good man wins.

Dane, Frank

Some people, in working towards a goal, find themselves seized by inertia when it comes time for action. If this should happen to you, despite the small graduated steps, then it is time to re examine your goal. Consider how important it actually is and then either discard the goal and replace it with more suitable one or continue the steps with a renewed sense of the value of achieving it.

Dodson, Fitzhugh

If you're a champion, you have to have it in your heart.

Evert, Chris

They always win who side with God.

Faber, Frederick W.

When you're a winner you're always happy, but if you're happy as a loser you'll always be a loser.

Fidrych, Mark

I'm a winner each and every time I go into the ring.

Foreman, George

We will get everything out of her that you can squeeze out of a lemon and a bit more. I will squeeze her until you can hear the pips squeak.

Geddes, Sir Eric

There are no winners, only survivors.

Gifford, Frank

Winners have simply formed the habit of doing things losers don't like to do.

Gray, Albert

There is nothing to winning, really. That is, if you happen to be blessed with a keen eye, an agile mind, and no scruples whatsoever.

Hitchcock, Alfred

If you're going to dedicate every second to winning the decathlon, what are you doing wasting your time in bed?

Jenner, Bruce

Part of being a champ is acting like a champ. You have to learn how to win and not run away when you lose. Everyone has bad stretches and real successes. Either way, you have to be careful not to lose your confidence or get too confident.

Kerrigan, Nancy

Winning tastes good.

Killy, Jean Claude

The most distinguishing feature of winners is their intensity of purpose.

Letterman, Alymer

If you can accept losing you can't win. If you can walk you can run. No one is ever hurt. Hurt is in your mind.

Lombardi, Vince

Winners never quit, and quitters never win.

Lombardi, Vince

Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.

Lombardi, Vince

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

Lombardi, Vince

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

Lombardi, Vince

There is no room for second place. There is only one place in my game and that is first place. I have finished second twice in my time at Green Bay and I never want to finish second again.

Lombardi, Vince

If you don't quit, and don't cheat, and don't run home when trouble arrives, you can only win.

Long, Shelley

The only yardstick for success our society has is being a champion. No one remembers anything else.

Madden, John

Another club can be beating you for six innings but for some reason the good ball clubs get tough and win them in the last three.

Martin, Billy

If you cannot win, make the one ahead of you break the record.

Mckeithen, Jan

To finish first, you must first finish.

Mears, Rick

In order to win you must be prepared to lose something. And leave one or two cards showing.

Morrison, Van

If winning (success) was easy, then everybody would be doing it. It's the hard that makes it great!

Movie, A League of Their Own

You learn how to be a gracious winner and an outstanding loser.

Namath, Joe

Win or lose, playing at all is winning.

Nording, Wolfgang

If you don't try to win you might as well hold the Olympics in somebody's back yard. The thrill of competing carries with it the thrill of a gold medal. One wants to win to prove himself the best.

Owens, Jesse

Tactics, fitness, stroke ability, adaptability, experience, and sportsmanship are all necessary for winning.

Perry, Fred

Winning is only half of it. Having fun is the other half.

Phillips, Bum

The only way to win is to fight on the side of your adversaries.

Picabia, Francis

The real winners in life are the people who look at every situation with an expectation that they can make it work or make it better.

Pletcher, Barbara

Those that know how to win are much more numerous than those who know how to make proper use of their victories.

Polybius

From nobody to upstart. From upstart to contender. From contender to winner. From winner to champion. From champion to Dynasty.

Riley, Pat

You can become a winner only if you are willing to walk over the edge.

Runyon, Damon

If you set a goal for yourself and are able to achieve it, you have won your race. Your goal can be to come in first, to improve your performance, or just to finish the race -- it's up to you.

Scott, Dave

Nothing can seem foul to those who win.

Shakespeare, William

There are one hundred and ninety nine ways to beat, but only one way to win; get there first.

Shoemaker, Willie

For me, winning isn't something that happens suddenly on the field when the whistle blows and the crowds roar. Winning is something that builds physically and mentally every day that you train and every night that you dream.

Smith, Emmitt

Therefore the skilful leader subdues the enemy's troops without any fighting; he captures their cities without laying siege to them; he overthrows their kingdom without lengthy operations in the field.

Sun Tzu

Whoever 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.

Swift, Jonathan

Winning isn't everything, but losing is nothing.

Symons, Red

Winners make a habit of manufacturing their own positive expectations in advance of the event.

Tracy, Brian

Part of being a winner is knowing when enough is enough. Sometimes you have to give up the fight and walk away, and move on to something that's more productive.

Trump, Donald

Remember that the horse that finishes a neck ahead wins the race.

Unknown, Source

The only way to be number one is to be number one.

Unknown, Source

A quitter never wins, and a winner never quits

Unknown, Source

A winner loses more often than losers.

Unknown, Source

Nothing great is lightly won, nothing won is lost. Every good deed that's nobly done will always repay the cost.

Unknown, Source

Nobody remembers who finished second but the guy who finished second.

Unser, Bobby

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

Waitley, Denis

It is not true that nice guys finish last. Nice guys are winners before the game ever starts.

Walker, Addison

The winner persistently programs his pluses; the loser mournfully magnifies his minuses.

Ward, William A.

Resting on your laurels is as dangerous as resting when you are walking in the snow. You doze off and die in your sleep.

Wittgenstein, Ludwig

Although I wanted my players to work to win, I tried to convince them they had always won when they had done their best.

Wooden, John

You can stand tall without standing on someone. You can be a victor without having victims.

Woods, Harriet

I don't know if I even have an aura, man. I just try to win.

Woods, Tiger

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

Ziglar, Zig

I've learned that you don't have to win first place to win.

Zmeskal, Kim