Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Wooden

If there's anything you could point out where I was a little different, it was the fact that I never mentioned winning.

John Wooden

We don’t have to be superstars or win championships…. All we have to do is learn to rise to every occasion, give our best effort, and make those around us better as we do it.

John Wooden

You can lose when you outscore somebody in a game, and you can win when you're outscored.

John Quincy Adams

Whoever tells the best story wins.

John Paul Jones

It seems to be a law of nature, inflexible and inexorable, that those who will not risk cannot win.

John Paul Jones

He who will not risk cannot win.

Jimmy Hill

If England are going to win this match, they're going to have to score a goal.

Jimmy Rollins

You are recognized by your bat. If you are the best hitting shortstop out there, that's how you win a Gold Glove. That's the way it is. It shouldn't be-it's a defensive award.

Lou Piniella

Ive gotten a chance to look at their organization and at the same time talk to Chuck and Vince about how they perceive things. Ive come away satisfied that this organization wants to win and get things on track.

Lolo Jones

It took Dan Jansen, the speed skater, four Olympics to win a medal-a gold one at that!-but he never gave up. I won't, either.

Lolo Jones

I never have prayed to win a gold medal at Olympics and never will. The Lord is my Shepard and I shall not want. May His will be done.

Lois Wyse

Women on the way up generally fail to win popularity contests. The only compensation is that once you're there you will become very well liked.

LL Cool J

You have to always continue to strive no matter how hard things get, no matter how troubled you feel. No matter how tough things get, no matter how many times you lose, you keep trying to win.

Mao Zedong

The masses in any given place are generally composed of three parts, the relatively active, the intermediate and the relatively backward. The leaders must therefore be skilled in uniting the small number of active elements around the leadership and must rely on them to raise the level of the intermediate elements and to win over the backward elements.

Lucy Maud Montgomery

I've done my best, and I begin to understand what is meant by 'the joy of strife'. Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing.

Lou Gehrig

I love to win, but I love to lose almost as much. I love the thrill of victory, and I also love the challenge of defeat.

John Flanagan

Once you best a man, never gloat. Be generous and find something in his actions to praise. He won't enjoy being bested but he'll make a good face about it. Show him you appreciate it. Praise can win you a friend. Gloating will only ever make enemies.

John Flanagan

There are always risks in battle. It's a dangerous business. The trick is to take the right ones.' [said Halt]. 'How do you know which are the right ones?' Shigeru asked. Halt glanced at his two younger companions. They grinned and answered in chorus, 'You wait and see if you win.

John Flanagan

You can always win points; winning people’s respect is a lot more important.

Jonah Hill

People are so funny. There's no winning with commenters or anonymous people. They'd be rude that I was overweight, and now they're rude that I'm healthy.

Jonah Goldberg

Getting the support of Syria is the moral equivalent of winning the Klan's endorsement - it might be useful but it doesn't necessarily speak well of you.

Jon Stewart

In South Carolina, Senator John Edwards won handily, fulfilling his promise to win every state he was born in.

John Lahr

I was the first critic ever to win a Tony - for co-authoring 'Elaine Stritch at Liberty.' Criticism is a life without risk; the critic is risking his opinion, the maker is risking his life. It's a humbling thought but important for the critic to keep it in mind - a thought he can only know if he's made something himself.

Jimmy Connors

I think my greatest victory was every time I walked out there, I gave it everything I had. I left everything out there. That's what I'm most proud of. I can't go win Wimbledon anymore, so if what I've done in the past is not good enough, let it go. Because I'm certainly not sitting around thinking about it.

Jimmy Connors

Nothing is like being out there and playing and performing and winning - nothing. But to have an interest in the player? The nerves and everything that goes with it? Seeing what he's learned and how he's done it? That's the second best thing to playing. I think.

Jimmy Connors

Greatest thing in life: Winning a tennis match. Second greatest thing in life: Losing a tennis match

Jimmy Carr

Even if you're doing the national insurance awards, there's still that excitement when you wonder who is going to win, er, best premiums.

Jim Otto

It's not that difficult to win. It's more difficult to win consistently and stay on top.

Jim Parsons

You can look at the Emmys two ways in you're nominated. It's either win-win or lose-lose. If things go very well and I win, you still have to get up in front of a group of people and risk having God knows what come out of your mouth. If you won't win, you have to breathe deeply and smile and clap with a camera in your face.

Jim Rohn

Care enough to make a difference. Care enough to turn somebody around. Care enough to change. Care enough to win.

George Matthew Adams

It is easier to win than to fail. Everybody sides with the winner. But the failure walks alone.

Ely Culbertson

God and the politicians willing, the United States can declare peace upon the world, and win it.

Elizabeth Gilbert

A glorious failure can sometimes be more life affirming than a cautious win.