Winning Quotes

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  • “A winner never stops trying”– Tom Landry

A winner never stops trying

 

  • “You will win if you don’t quit”— Les Brown

You will win if you don’t quit

 

  • “To win you have to risk loss”—Jean Claude Killy

To win you have to risk loss

 

  • “When you win, nothing hurts” — Joe Namath

When you win, nothing hurts

 

  • “History is written by winners” —Napoleon Bonaparte

History is written by winners

 

  • “It’s not over until you win”— Les Brown

It’s not over until you win

 

  • “Born to lose Live to win”— Lemmy Kilmister

Born to lose Live to win

 

  • “I was born to race and to win”— Lewis Hamilton

I was born to race and to win

 

  • “Believe that success is the only option”–Larry Bird

Believe that success is the only option

 

  • “Look at what you could have won!” ~ Jim Bowen

Look at what you could have won!

 

  • “If you can dream it, you can do it” —Walt Disney

If you can dream it, you can do it

 

  • “All I cared about in tennis was winning” —Pete Sampras

All I cared about in tennis was winning

 

  • “A winning effort begins with preparation”—Joe Gibbs

A winning effort begins with preparation

 

  • “They never said winning was easy”— DJ Khaled

They never said winning was easy

 

  • “You rarely win, but sometimes you do”—Harper Lee

You rarely win, but sometimes you do

 

  • “If I persist long enough I will win”— Og Mandino

If I persist long enough I will win

 

  • “In order to win, you must expect to win” —Richard Bach

In order to win, you must expect to win

 

  • “The person that works the hardest wins”— Will Smith

The person that works the hardest wins

 

  • “A quitter never wins and a winner never quits” —Napoleon Hill

A quitter never wins and a winner never quits

 

  • “Difficulties mastered are opportunities won”—Winston Churchill

Difficulties mastered are opportunities won

 

  • “You can’t win unless you first begin So start now”— Robin S Sharma
  • “You sleep on a win and you’ll wake up with a loss”— Conor McGregor
  • “Win without boasting, lose without excuse”– Albert Payson Terhune
  • “You have greatness in you The key is to get it out”—Joel Osteen
  • “A winner is a dreamer who never gives up”—Nelson Mandela
  • “You can’t win if you don’t play as a unit”—Kareem Abdul Jabbar
  • “Victory comes from finding opportunities in problems”—Sun Tuz
  • “Play to win, because almost doesn’t cut it”—Ana Monnar

Play to win, because almost doesn’t cut it

 

  • “The thrill isn’t in the winning, it’s in the doing”— Chuck Noll
  • “To winners, nothing seems unpleasant” —William Shakespeare
  • “It is deeply satisfying to win a prize in front of a lot of people” —EB White
  • “It’s not whether you win or lose — but whether I win or lose” —Sandy Lyle
  • “Victory is sweetest when you’ve known defeat” —Malcolm Forbes
  • “Winning is only half of it Having fun is the other half” —Bum Phillips
  • “The difference in winning and losing is most often… not quitting” —Walt Disney
  • “Winning is not everything, but the effort to win is” —Zig Ziglar
  • “Yesterday’s home runs don’t win today’s games” —Babe Ruth
  • “Never change a winning game; always change a losing one”—Bill Tilden
  • “The key to winning is poise under stress” — Paul Brown

The key to winning is poise under stress

 

  • “I’m a mad dog whose only concern is winning” —Charles Barkley
  • “I’m never tired of winning, and I’m never tired of skiing” —Lindsey Vonn
  • “A champion is afraid of losing Everyone else is afraid of winning” —Billie Jean King
  • “I am not designed to come second or third I am designed to win” —Ayrton Senna
  • “Optimism leads to success; pessimism leads to defeat” —Dalai Lama
  • “The critics are always right The only way you shut them up is by winning” —Chuck Noll
  • “Winning takes precedence over all There’s no gray area No almosts” —Kobe Bryant
  • “Show me a gracious loser and I’ll show you a failure” —Knute Rockne

Show me a gracious loser and I’ll show you a failure

 

  • “The only way to win is to fight on the side of your adversaries”—Francis Picabia
  • “The only way to prove that you’re a good sport is to lose”—Ernie Banks
  • “A champion needs a motivation above and beyond winning”—Pat Riley
  • “Always imitate the behavior of the winners when you lose”—George Meredith
  • “Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character”– John Wooden

Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character

 

  • “Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can”—Paul Tournier
  • “I love the winning, I can take the losing, but most of all I just love to play”—Boris Becker
  • “I play to win, whether during practice or a real game”— Michael Jordan
  • “The person that said winning isn’t everything never won anything” — Mia Hamm
  • “Whoever said, It’s not whether you win or lose that counts, probably lost” —Martina Navratilova
  • ” Losing feels worse than winning feels good” —Vin Scully

Losing feels worse than winning feels good

 

  • “Don’t let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning” —Robert T Kiyosaki
  • “Courage is the discovery that you may not win, and trying when you know you can lose” —Tom Krause
  • “Winners and losers aren’t born, they are the products of how they think” —Lou Holtz
  • “Men of action are favored by the goddess of good luck” —George S Clason
  • “One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards”—Oscar Wilde
  • “Trust me I never lose Either I win or learn from it”— Tupac Shakur

Trust me I never lose Either I win or learn from it

 

  • “Just remember, you can’t win the game if you don’t even play it”—Robin Sharma
  • “Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn”— Robert T Kiyosaki
  • “The future is ours to win But to get there we can’t just stand still”— Barack Obama
  • “Our greatest glory is not in falling, but in rising every time we fall” —Confucius
  • “If you don’t see yourself as a winner, then you cannot perform as a winner” —Zig Ziglar
  • “You can’t win unless you learn how to lose”—Kareem Abdul Jabbar

You can't win unless you learn how to lose

 

  • “Winning isn’t getting ahead of others It’s getting ahead of yourself” —Roger Staubach
  • “Sometimes in life you don’t always feel like a winner, but that doesn’t mean you’re not a winner” —Lady Gaga
  • “Imagination has a great deal to do with winning”—Mike Krzyzewski
  • “Winning isn’t everything, but it beats anything that comes in second”—Paul Bryant
  • “Winning is not a sometime thing; it’s an all the time thing”—Vince Lombardi
  • “It’s that will and determination that I hope will get me where I want to go”—Dale Earnhardt, Jr
  • “It was never about winning medals or being famous” —Nancy Kerrigan
  • “You can win the rat race but you’re still a rat”— Banksy

You can win the rat race but you’re still a rat

 

  • “Winning once or twice is encouraging, but winning continuously is empowering” —Rosabeth Moss Kanter
  • “Everyone Has A Will To Win But Very Few Have The Will To Prepare To Win”— Vince Lombardi
  • “You can never quit Winners never quit, and quitters never win” — Ted Turner
  • “The act of taking the first step is what separates the winners from the losers” —Brian Tracy
  • “In life, winning and losing will both happen What is never acceptable is quitting”– Magic Johnson
  • “Show me a good loser, and I’ll show you a loser” —Vince Lombardi

Show me a good loser, and I’ll show you a loser

 

  • “Dieting is the only game where you win when you lose!” —Karl Lagerfeld
  • “The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning”—Pele
  • “Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do” —John R Wooden
  • “Winners have simply formed the habit of doing things losers don’t like to do” —Albert Gray
  • “Always bear in mind that your own resolution to success is more important than any other one thing” —Abraham Lincoln
  • “Winning is a state of mind that embraces everything you do”—Bryce Courtenay
  • “Your ability to succeed, to fail, to win, to lose is just a matter of attitude”—Scott Oteri
  • “If winning isn’t everything, why do they keep score?”— Vince Lombardi

If winning isn't everything, why do they keep score?

 

  • “The determination to win is the better part of winning”—Daisaku Ikeda
  • “Whoever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible”—George Orwell
  • “Its not the will to win that matters, everyone has that It’s the will to prepare to win that matters”—Bear Bryant
  • “It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up” —Vince Lombardi
  • “Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is”– Vince Lombardi

Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is

 

  • “The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you’re still a rat” — Lily Tomlin
  • “If you think the price of winning is too high, wait till you get the bill from regret” —Tim S Grover
  • “Nothing is black—and—white, except for winning and losing, and maybe that’s why people gravitate to that so much” —Steve Nash
  • “I’m a pretty good winner I’m a terrible loser And I rub it in pretty good when I win” —Tom Brady
  • “Winning is something that builds physically and mentally every day that you train and every night that you dream” —Emmitt Smith
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