Famous Quotes & Sayings

Pete Sampras

All I cared about in tennis was winning.

Pete Sampras

I let my racket do the talking. That's what I am all about, really. I just go out and win tennis matches.

Pete Rose

Unfortunately, gambling and winning don't often go hand-in-hand.

Rabindranath Tagore

Perhaps the new dawn will come from this horizon, from the East where the sun rises; and then, unvanquished Man will retrace his path of conquest, despite all barriers, to win back his lost heritage.

Rabindranath Tagore

Let me not look for allies in life's battlefield,But to my own strength. Let me not crave in anxious fear to be saved,But for the patience to win my freedom.

Pitbull

There's no success without failure and no winning without losing.

Ted Ligety

I was skiing fast in training, but that really doesn't count for anything until you actually do it in a race. So to finally get to prove how fast you are skiing is an added bonus that goes along with winning the first race of the year. Any race win is a good win. I don't really care where it is. I've been on the podium a bunch of times here, but it's always good for your confidence to start off the year with a victory.

Randall Terry

He who frames the question wins the debate.

Seimone Augustus

That's the whole goal, to win the national championship. You can't have a legacy without one.

Sebastian Vettel

It's very shocking for me to see pictures from my win here in 2008. I aged.

Selena Gomez

I would love to win an Oscar one day. That would be a very wonderful thing. But in the meantime, I really hope that I make films I'm proud of. A lot of people aren't going to like the movies I make, I'm sure. But as long as I'm proud of the movie and I'm not selling out, and I'm doing things that make me happy and make me grow as an actress, I'll be good.

Sean Hannity

We have got to lose the primary in order to win the general.

Scott Lynch

Only one way to win when you're being chased by someone bigger and tougher than you. Turn straight around, punch their teeth out, and hope the gods are fond of you.

Shimon Peres

The present Arab uprising didn't stem from Israel. The old guard is trying to keep down the young chickens. The old guard is better organized. They may win elections, but unless they have a solution to poverty, to corruption, to oppression, they will not last. I am with the young people.

Shaquille O'Neal

The only person who can really motivate you is you.

Shaquille O'Neal

Remember this-I'm going to bring a championship to Miami. I promise.

Shaquille O'Neal

I'll take 14 out of 15 any day of the week, any week of the month, any month of the year, any year of the century. I don't know what comes after century.

Shaquille O'Neal

I told our guys they must not have cable because Antoine Walker knows how to play, Derek Anderson can play, Shandon Anderson knows how to play, and Gary Payton knows how play.

Shaquille O'Neal

I respect the older guys.

Shaquille O'Neal

We're going to do it again next year. We'll see you again next year. Yeah, I said it. Yeah, I said it. We will do it again next year.

Shaquille O'Neal

The first three championships that I won, I won them. I had big numbers and I won them. And last year, the guys won it for me. They won it for the big guy. Numbers are overrated. There's a lot of guys in this league who can say they've got great numbers. But they can't say they've got four rings in the last six years.

Shaquille O'Neal

Their unselfishness, the way they play and their poise factor. When you never panic, that's a great sign.

Shaquille O'Neal

Coach (Pat) Riley told us on June 8 we'd win the title on June 20.

Shaquille O'Neal

Stats don't matter. I care about winning, not stats. If I score 0 points and we win I'm happy. If I score 50, 60 points, break the records, and we lose, I'm pissed off. 'Cause I knew I did something wrong. I'll have a hell of a season if I win the championship and average 20 points a game.

Shaquille O'Neal

We're focusing on the whole pie, not a slice. A slice is good, but it's not good enough to get you fat. We're trying to get fat.

Shaquille O'Neal

Every time that I've won a championship I've looked at my guys around me and looked at their work ethic and said 'You know what, I'm going to win it this year. I feel that way now.

Shannon Sharpe

Without TD, we don't win Super Bowls. That's fact.

L. Ron Hubbard

The DEFENSE of anything is UNTENABLE. The only way to defend anything is to ATTACK, and if you ever forget that, then you will lose every battle you are ever engaged in, whether it is in terms of personal conversation, public debate, or a court of law. NEVER BE INTERESTED IN CHARGES. DO, yourself, much MORE CHARGING, and you will WIN.

Leslie Jones

I'm really good at standup. I always win at standup.

Leonard Peltier

You can see examples of this, such as where [George W.] Bush lied to the public, and as a result 72 percent of America was in favor of the Iraqi invasion. Yet now the truth has presented itself and they are trying to save face by appealing to the public's national-istic persona, talking about winning and honor and everything as a reason to continue that illegal immoral occupation.

Len Goodman

There are no gentlemen in anything competitive - you want to win.

Lena Headey

I look at someone like Kathryn Bigelow, and I have so much admiration. She's playing in the boy's sandpit, and winning.

Lemmy Kilmister

Born to lose. Live to win.