Winning Quotes

If you wagered $5,000 on each of my winning NFL picks in 2012 and $500 ($550) on each of my losing picks, you'd be ahead $70,050. Wow.

I don't make films to win prizes. I make films to make films.

We didn't win the Cold War, we were just a big bank that bankrupted a smaller bank because we had an arms race that wiped the Russians out.

Tennis is my life, obviously; I need to focus, I need to win. But it's not the only thing. I'm not going to play forever.

I lost to a better player who played some courageous tennis and deserved to win.

I always tried to win. I was as competitive as I am today.

You can't win integrity and honor from games. You can only earn them from living a life dedicated to those ideals.

In the American political system, you're only allowed to have real ideas if it's absolutely guaranteed that you can't win an election

I realized early that unless you're willing to kill the innocent, you can't win.

I strongly urge you to consciously consider what success means to you. Instead of allowing others or society to determine when you win, you determine it.

I think George Bush is going to win in a walk. I really believe I'm hearing from the Lord it's going to be like a blowout election in 2004.

I think we do want a front-runner from the Republican Party who can win the general election.

Winning a ring is everybody's goal, whether you're a player or a coach.

Games in hand are a good thing only if you win them.

I got into the race and people literally laughed. They thought I had no chance of winning.

My thought is, if you're a book lover, you're going to enjoy winning a book even if it's not something you'd ordinarily pick up on your own. It's a chance to expand your horizons a little.

I'm grateful that I had that uphill battle for 10 years of going onstage and having nobody know who I was, because you have to win them over.

I want to be on the floor. I want to fight for the win.

I'm not the number-one guy here ... if it translates to winning, I don't mind taking a step back as far as roles.

I know that if I perform at a really high level, we're going to have a better chance to win.

Payne Stewart was a vicious competitor. He only played to win, ... Only God can change hearts.

The reason most comedies don't win awards is that the filmmakers put the comedy first. This means you have to create a story around the jokes.

We should wage war not to win war, but to win peace.

The USA should invade the USA and win the hearts and minds of the population by building roads, bridges and putting locals to work.

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

Both teams want to win and they want to do everything possible. You don't think about the fatigue factor. You're just trying to grind it out to get the win.

Nothing would make me happier if Peter Falk would finally win his Oscar for this. Not just as the writer but as a fan and a friend. It would be so great

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.

Couple in the next room bound to win a prize, they've been going at it all night long.

Politics is not about winning for the sake of winning.

You cant win if youre chasing the wrong problem.

I was thinking back to all the time in the gym, working hard, and that spurred me on [winning New York marathon just ten months after giving birth

I was certainly never conscious of 'playing the woman'. I would not have approved of that. It is not a winning tactic. I operated in the world as I found it, and it was a man's world.

Do not forget: seek to win all your battles, including those you fight against yourself. Do not fear the scars. Do not be afraid of victory.

In love you always win, even if you lose.

I start to think that I'm losing the love I have without having yet won the love I hope to win.

Defeat is for the valiant. Only they will know the honor of losing and the joy of winning.

All I can say is, I will put my heart and soul into helping the Red Sox win.

You can't have a family when you're playing because you're away from home so much. So believe me, I won't be pitching forever. I won't make it to 300 wins or anything like that. No way.

I want to feel secure personally. Have a competitive team out there -- I really want to win; I hate losing -- and, I guess, I want to be treated like a normal person.

I believe the objective of coaching is winning with integrity.

A coach's job is to put his team where it can function effectively and win.

If I win and play well, then the ranking will take care of itself. Defending points is really not a problem. Just go out and play and not worry about it.

As long as I feel like I can win majors and contend, I'll continue to play.

My serve was there, everything was just clicking. Those are the days you dream about, especially in a final.

When you struggle winning matches all year and you don't really get into a groove or rhythm, you just can't expect to just come in here and have it click.

Foreign policy is a little bit like a guy who goes to Las Vegas. If you win too much, then you eventually bet the mortgage. You start to think you are infallible.

Look at great teams like Detroit a couple of years ago; they win the Stanley Cup and guys only score 25 goals, nobody has a really big season.

It's important for me to really play with the traditions and keep things simple and easy. Ultimately I believe in animal instincts - I think they often end up winning out.

That's a big battle to win, to be able to do a main title sequence and a theme song these days. That's not something network television does anymore.