Famous Quotes & Sayings

Nick Saban

The more one emphasizes winning, the less he or she is able to concentrate on what actually causes success.

Nick Saban

You can't win together if you don't work together.

Nick Offerman

I don't get nominated, and I have to say, I've probably gotten the greatest mass of press in my life through not getting nominated. It's definitely been a winning situation as far as I'm concerned.

Matt Gonzalez

As a young boy I won a few dollars in 1972 when Riva Ridge won the Kentucky Derby. I had overheard someone say he was going to win, and I guess that made an impression on me.

Mary McCarthy

I was going to get myself recognized at any price. If I could not win fame by goodness, I was ready to do it by badness.

Marva Collins

Mr. Meant-to has a friend, his name is Didn't-Do. Have you met them? They live together in a house called Never-Win. And I am told that it is haunted by the Ghost of Might-have-Been.

Nicholas Stern

We will not overcome world poverty unless we manage climate change successfully. I've spent my life as a development economist, and it's crystal clear that we succeed or fail on winning the battle against world poverty and managing climate change together. If we fail on one, we fail on the other.

Nicholas Sparks

Working on a novel is very solitary and I get to be the boss. I'm the dictator, so I win every battle. So, in that sense, novels are easier because you don't have to answer to anyone. And then, you go into something like film and there are more cooks in the kitchen, so to speak.

Pat Summitt

Our emphasis is on execution, not winning.

Pat Summitt

My parents taught me a long time ago that you win in life with people, and that's important, because if you hang with winners, you stand a great chance of being a winner.

Ovid

When disposition wins us, the features please.

Paul Pierce

When you win a championship, it is a great feeling, and you really don't want that feeling to go away.

Paul Pierce

Who cares who gets the last shot or scores the most points? Who cares who gets the credit? If we win, we're all winners.

Paul Pierce

At the end of the day, the ultimate goal is winning the ballgame.

Paul Newman

Winning isn't everything.... it's just all there is.

Paul Begala

I was the guy that told Bill Clinton he was going to win. I had gotten the final polling numbers. He had a comfortable lead. He was not going to lose.

Paul Begala

Defining the terms of the debate generally dictates who's gonna' win it.

Mary J. Blige

It's up to us to choose whether we win or lose...and I choose to win.

Mary J. Blige

I don't know. Only God knows where the story ends for me, but I know where the story begins. It's up to us to choose, whether we win or lose and I choose to win.

Mark Gorman

Marriage isn't about winning. It's about lasting.

Mark Hamill

I always think a day when you never get out of your pajamas is a win.

Oswald Chambers

The aim of the missionary is to do God's will, not to be useful, not to win the heathan; he is useful and does win the heathen, but that is not his aim. His aim is to do the will of his Lord.

Paul Scholes

Winning the Ballon d’Or never bothered me. I just wanted to play for Manchester United.

Paul Ryan

Mitt Romney and I know the difference between protecting a program, and raiding it. Ladies and gentlemen, our nation needs this debate. We want this debate. We will win this debate.

Michael Schur

There's going to be a lot of people that don't like you, and there's nothing you can do about it. Instead of trying to win them over one by one, you need to do things that are getting huge swaths of votes [in the elections].

Michael Schumacher

If I didn't even stand a chance of winning races and competing for the title, I don't think I would be that interested in continuing my career.

Michael Schumacher

You win a race, the next race it’s a question mark. Are you still the best or not? That’s what is funny. But that’s what is interesting. And that’s what is challenging. You have to prove yourself every time.

Michael Redd

I know the next level for me is to make my teammates better, to win a championship, and to where they have confidence that they can score 20 or 15 points a night and be consistent.

Michael Redd

You are not worried about scoring; you are worried about winning the game.

Markus Zusak

Winning wasn't natural for me. It had to be fought for, in the echoes and trodden footprints of my mind.

Mark Twain

God rewards gamblers and fools. The crucial thing, when you win, is knowing which you were.

Mark Martin

I've turned over a new leaf. On TV, Kenny Wallace said I was a pessimist after Charlotte, so I got mad. Now I am so excited about coming back that I just can't stand it. I wish we were starting tomorrow and I'm going to win! That's the new me.

Mario Balotelli

I turn to someone, I'm not sure, to God I think, but I never ask for anything. I would never pray to win a title; it makes no sense. I've never understood those who pray before a match. I simply give thanks for what I have received.