Famous Quotes & Sayings

Boris Johnson

I want to win and I want to be in office.

Bobby Sherman

If you've got talent, stick with it... because talent wins out, without a doubt.

Bob Cousy

I once heard that Paul Seymour said as much as winning an NBA Championship, he'd like to see the Celtics lose a game after Auerbach brought out the cigar so he could go up to Arnold and stuff the cigar in his face.

Bob Dylan

For the loser now Will be later to win

Bob Dylan

In a nation ruled by swine, all pigs are upward mobile and the rest of us are f--ed until we can put our acts together: not necessarily to win, but mainly to keep from losing completely. We owe that to ourselves and our crippled self-image as something better than a nation of panicked sheep.

Bob Dylan

Advertising signs: they con you into thinking you're the one That can do what's never been done That can win what's never been won Meantime life outside goes on all around you

Billy Connolly

For me, it's about the desire to win. My audience becomes a crowd of wild animals and I have to be the lion-tamer or be eaten.

Billy Corgan

As a citizen of the great city of Chicago, I find it impossible to root against the White Sox. The White Sox organization has been much more consistent, in my lifetime at least, at putting a winning ballclub on the field.

Bode Miller

Obviously, you always want to win, but you want to win by skiing a race that you're proud of and you feel like you really challenged yourself and left it all out there.

Bode Miller

There's so many guys skiing so fast right now that you really have to be willing to take a lot of risks if you want to give yourself a chance to win. I'm prepared to do it; it's just a matter of if I can make it work.

Bode Miller

That feeling is the same whether you're on either side of the hundredths. Obviously, it's great to win the world championship, but if you put down that kind of skiing, it's awesome either way.

Bode Miller

Despite all the pressure and the caliber of accomplishment, I still can honestly say that it's not all about winning.

Bode Miller

The way I judge myself is not on how many World Cups I can win in a row.

Bode Miller

Sometimes it's all about the win, sometimes it's about the skiing.

Bobby Fischer

If you don't win, it's not a great tragedy - the worst that happens is that you lose a game.

Bobby Fischer

The Russians have held my title for ten years and they're going to be in for it when I win the Championship. They're going to have to wait and play under my conditions.

Bobby Fischer

If I win a tournament, I win it by myself. I do the playing. Nobody helps me

Bobby Fischer

The turning point in my career came with the realization that Black should play to win instead of just steering for equality.

Britney Spears

I would love to win an Oscar.

Brian McKnight

I don't care how small the game. I want to win.

Brian Griese

I'm going to go out and try to be the best player I can be and help the Chicago Bears win.

Brett Gardner

Every day that goes by and we don't win a ballgame, that's a missed opportunity for us to battle back.

Brandon Sanderson

That's the point, isn't it? We have to live on, no matter how hard it gets. We'll win in the end.

Boris Spassky

When you play Bobby, it is not a question if you win or lose. It is a question if you survive.

Bow Wow

I'm pretty much happy with the things that have been handed to me already. Seven albums, eight arena tours ... I think there's nothing I really would look forward to besides winning a Grammy one day if that would happen.

Aravind Adiga

Do you know about Hanuman, sir? He was the faithful servant of the god Rama, and we worship him in our temples because he is a shining example of how to serve your masters with absolute fidelity, love, and devotion. These are the kinds of gods they have foisted on us Mr. Jiabao. Understand, now, how hard it is for a man to win his freedom in India.

Ben Mendelsohn

I think that story wins out over acting and that the thing as a whole is more important than the performances therein.

Babe Didrikson Zaharias

I don't see any point in playing the game if you don't win, do you?

Bai Ling

I'm one of the best actresses. One day I will win an Oscar.

Ashley Wagner

I love to win, honestly. ... If you love to win, you should say it. And honestly, I'm hooked on it.

Art Linkletter

A poor old man held the winning ticket on a half million dollar lottery. Hearing the old man might be surprised at the shock, the local pastor was asked to break the news gradually. The pastor made a customary call, and while visiting casually asked the old man what he would do with a half million dollars if he had it. The old man replied, "why, I'd give half of it to you." Whereupon the pastor dropped dead.

Arthur Ashe

In America you're conditioned to regard everything as a contest. You have to make the Ten Best Dressed List, win this, win that. It drives me nuts sometimes. Who cares, for Christ's sake?

Arthur Ashe

Every time you win, it diminishes the fear a little bit. You never really cancel the fear of losing; you keep challenging it.