Success Quote by Corbin Bernsen

Winning, in Corbin Bernsen's telling, isn’t a virtue. It’s a bodily event: a spike of adrenaline that feels as close to nausea as joy. That blunt pivot - “not so much I like to go win” - strips away the tidy motivational-poster version of competition and replaces it with something more honest and a little embarrassing: the desire isn’t moral, it’s chemical. You don’t “earn” a rush. You chase it.

The line works because it refuses the clean narrative we expect from actors talking about ambition. In a culture that treats winning as proof of character, Bernsen frames it as a compulsion with side effects. “Horrible gut wrenching” isn’t the language of triumph; it’s the language of stage fright, auditions, premieres, and the specific sick suspense of waiting to be judged. He’s describing that moment where your identity is temporarily outsourced to an external verdict - ratings, reviews, the room’s temperature - and your body revolts before your ego can spin it.

There’s also an actor’s self-awareness baked in: “it’s exciting” lands almost like a confession, acknowledging the addiction to stakes. The subtext is that success isn’t calming; it’s destabilizing, because it raises the bar for the next hit. In an industry built on intermittent reinforcement - long stretches of no followed by sudden yes - the “rush” becomes the real product. Winning is just the delivery system.