Sports & Teamwork: Victory Quotes

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

Brian McKnight, Musician

"It's good to ski for fun, but I still want to win races as often as possible"

Hermann Maier, Athlete

"I'm happy to belong to this group of top champions having excelled here"

Hermann Maier, Athlete

"One victory more or less doesn't make the difference for me now"

Hermann Maier, Athlete

"I have a strong lead so far, and I would be proud to win it because it remains the summit for a skier. I also aim to collect several smaller crystal trophies at Are, especially the GS Cup"

Hermann Maier, Athlete

"I won a great giant slalom in Japan last week, and it gave me momentum for this final part of the season"

Hermann Maier, Athlete

"We're not seeking comfort; we're seeking victory"

Mike Tomlin, Coach

"Winners want the ball"

Mike Tomlin, Coach

"But probably this is helps to win, to win, to gold, more gold medals, and to win most my important medal, heart of people. This is most important for me"

Olga Korbut, Athlete

"It kills me to lose. If I'm a troublemaker, and I don't think that my temper makes me one, then it's because I can't stand losing. That's the way I am about winning, all I ever wanted to do was finish first"

Jackie Robinson, Athlete

"Above anything else, I hate to lose"

Jackie Robinson, Athlete

"Without going to what I think is my limit. I always say that my ideal is to get pole with the minimum effort, and to win the race at the slowest speed possible"

Alain Prost, Celebrity

"When you win a race like this, the feeling is very, very good"

Alain Prost, Celebrity

"They say the first World Series is the one you remember most. No, no, no. I guarantee you don't remember that one because the fantasy world you always dreamed about is suddenly real"

Sparky Anderson, Coach

"Although it was a great accomplishment to win a gold medal, as soon as they put it on you, that's it; your career is over"

Sugar Ray Leonard, Athlete

"The place where I had so much success as a driver would be where I had my first win as a team owner"

Bobby Rahal, Athlete

"There is no future. This is the season. Get to the Super Bowl"

Troy Vincent, Athlete

"Win it, or it's start all over around here"

Troy Vincent, Athlete

"The owner of the New York Yankees, Mr. George Steinbrenner, who I had the greatest respect for, I want to thank him for giving me the opportunity to win that special ring in 1996"

Wade Boggs, Athlete

"A World Series trophy is a wonderful thing to behold"

Willie Stargell, Athlete

"Somebody's gotta win and somebody's gotta lose and I believe in letting the other guy lose"

Pete Rose, Athlete

"I think I've become one of the best finishers in boxing; if I hurt a guy, I normally take him out"

Sugar Ray Leonard, Athlete

"This has been a great victory for the Venezuelan people"

Hugo Chavez, Statesman

"I slept like a baby the night before, because I knew that I'd win the next day"

Bernard Hinault, Athlete

"I race to win, not to please people"

Bernard Hinault, Athlete

"But I think it's more normal for my team to have no success than it is to win two consecutive European cups"

Jose Mourinho, Coach

"Arsenal have won that advantage, nobody gave it to them. By playing fantastic football and by winning matches and by winning trophies, they won that respect that the opponent has for them"

Jose Mourinho, Coach

"I guarantee you, if you could give me 10 points in all those seventh games against the Boston Celtics, instead of Bill Russell having 11 rings, I could've at least had nine or eight"

Wilt Chamberlain, Athlete

"You have to win, and especially, as I have, you have to win a trophy for the first time"

Jose Mourinho, Coach

"Winning may not be everything, but losing has little to recommend it"

Dianne Feinstein, Politician

"It's nice to win"

Bess Truman, First Lady

"Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war"

Al McGuire, Coach

"I have my gold forever and no one can ever take it away from me"

Picabo Street, Athlete

"Waving the flag at the 1976 Olympics wasn't my idea. It was too much apple pie and ice cream. Not that I don't love my country, but I felt it was my victory up there. I put all the time into it"

Bruce Jenner, Athlete

"One thing is having skated five of the best races I've probably could have skated. It was nice to peak at the right time and to do it in an important time in somebody's career"

Eric Heiden, Athlete

"At any rate, I can only see such a success having positive effects for everyone, particularly as our anticipation of the World Cup would only increase further"

Franz Beckenbauer, Athlete

John McEnroe, Athlete

"You got to get lucky because it lasts for a week and a lot of things can happen in a week"

Eric Heiden, Athlete

"That strategy of racing for the top five and racing for the win is where everybody wants to be"

Dale Earnhardt, Celebrity

"Second place is just the first place loser"

Dale Earnhardt, Celebrity

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