If you can get an out on one pitch, take it. Let the strikeouts come on the outstanding pitches. Winning is the big thing. If you throw a lot of pitches, before you know it, your arm is gone. ~By Dwight Gooden ~
Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose. Nobody goes undefeated all the time. If you can pick up after a crushing defeat, and go on to win again, you are going to be a champion someday. ~By Wilma Rudolph ~
Winning the peace is harder than winning the war. ~By Xavier Becerra ~
The only thing bad about winning the pennant is that you have to manage the All-Star Game the next year. I'd rather go fishing for three years. ~By Whitey Herzog ~
My winning is getting to perform. That's my victory. ~By Kelly Clarkson ~
It has something to do with the facts and the law and who the judges are. So I think lawyers sometimes exaggerate their role in winning and losing. Lawyers do have a role, and a major role, but they're not the only players in this game. ~By Floyd Abrams ~
I remember winning the first time, you know, suddenly everybody expects, well, okay, now he should win every time he tees it up, win six tournaments. ~By Retief Goosen ~
I love the winning, I can take the losing, but most of all I Love to play. ~By Boris Becker ~
Winning a competition in architecture is a ticket to oblivion. It's just an idea. Ninety-nine per cent never get built. ~By Daniel Libeskind ~
Actually, the Kentucky moment was better than winning the two National Championships, because it was the epitome of what I try to get from a team in a crisis situation. ~By Mike Krzyzewski ~
Winning isn't everything, but wanting it is. ~By Arnold Palmer ~
We have to say now we think the character of the party has changed so far it will take something very exceptional, something really out of the ordinary line to make us be convinced there's a chance of winning back the party. ~By Shirley Williams ~
Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character. ~By John Wooden ~
Even as empiricism is winning the mind, transcendentalism continues to win the heart. ~By E. O. Wilson ~
The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three run homers. ~By Earl Weaver ~
The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part; the essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well. ~By Pierre de Coubertin ~
I had always dreamed of winning Wimbledon and when it happened it was very stressful. It was more of a relief! ~By Pat Cash ~
The only plan the Administration seems to have for winning the war is that there is no plan and no schedule for our troops to come home and get out of harm's way. ~By Eliot Engel ~
I've tried to handle winning well, so that maybe we'll win again, but I've also tried to handle failure well. If those serve as good examples for teachers and kids, then I hope that would be a contribution I have made to sport. Not just basketball, but to sport. ~By Mike Krzyzewski ~
Ronald Reagan, of course, was a Republican governor of California who went through a painful defeat in the 1976 presidential race before winning four years later. ~By Michael Medved ~
Part of the reason that our politics seems so tough right now and facts and science and argument does not seem to be winning the day all the time is because we're hardwired not to always think clearly when we're scared. And the country's scared. ~By Barack Obama ~
I was so worried about winning, it was as if I was caught up in my own web. ~By Michelle Kwan ~
The key to winning is poise under stress. ~By Paul Brown ~
You know, I want to help my country. Definitely I can help them, simply by winning races. Sure, they can follow my path to a good career. But for me it is not enough. I want to be more than that. In everything I want to be a role model. ~By Haile Gebrselassie ~
If you're going to dedicate every second to winning the decathlon, what are you doing wasting your time in bed? ~By Bruce Jenner ~
The film's success so far involves winning a couple of prizes at Cannes and Sundance, and getting some very nice reviews in newspapers and magazines. That hasn't had a big impact on my life yet. ~By Harvey Pekar ~
Imagination has a great deal to do with winning. ~By Mike Krzyzewski ~
My total winnings after 14 appearances were $129,000. ~By Charles Van Doren ~
I'm competitive with myself, but not with other people. I set goals for myself. I don't really care about winning or losing as long as I do my best. ~By Lucas Grabeel ~
Politics is not about winning for the sake of winning. ~By Paul Wellstone ~
Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war. ~By Al McGuire ~
Winning isn't worthwhile unless one has something finer and nobler behind it. ~By Amos A. Stagg ~
I'm sure Alex will be having to get the masseurs in to work on those legs. You feel tired when you're losing but when you are winning it gives you that bit of an edge. ~By Graham Roberts ~
People are too hung up on winning. I can get off on a really good helmet throw. ~By Bill Lee ~
Each coming together of man and wife, even if they have been mated for many years, should be a fresh adventure; each winning should necessitate a fresh wooing. ~By Marie Carmichael Stopes ~
I would have loved to have played for Joe Gibbs. Look at his record of winning three Super Bowls. ~By John Elway ~
If I'm going to be out there, I want to be in the top 10 and really have a chance of winning a Grand Slam. ~By Stefan Edberg ~
It's about lessons for life. It's not just about winning either. ~By Lynn Davies ~
Through everything I've gone through- and I've been everywhere, at the top of the world, in jail, hung over drunk - I never gave up my dream of winning a gold medal in the Olympics. ~By Dan O'Brien ~
Part of the reason that our politics seems so tough right now and facts and science and argument does not seem to be winning the day all the time is because we're hardwired not to always think clearly when we're scared. ~By Barack Obama ~
I try to do the right thing at the right time. They may just be little things, but usually they make the difference between winning and losing. ~By Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ~
There's always something suspect about an intellectual on the winning side. ~By Vaclav Havel ~
It isn't until you begin to fight in your own cause that you become really committed to winning and become a genuine ally of other people struggling for their freedom. ~By Robin Morgan ~
Winning is not everything, but wanting to win is. ~By Vince Lombardi ~
Winning is the most important thing in my life, after breathing. Breathing first, winning next. ~By George Steinbrenner ~
Winning Nobel imposed on me a lifestyle to which I am not used and which I would not have preferred. ~By Naguib Mahfouz ~
The way forward is by building political support for republican and democratic objectives across Ireland and by winning support for these goals internationally. ~By Gerry Adams ~
I always had to keep improving my skills in order to remain competitive and keep winning. ~By Edwin Moses ~
I didn't lose. I got second. That's still winning," she said. "How could I be unhappy with second place? There are a million people who would love to be in my position. ~By Lauren Alaina ~
My kitty cats could rely on my poker winnings. ~By Nicole Sullivan ~
I'm trying to let winning the world championships settle in right now before I begin training again shortly. During the skating season, we skate on average 20 kilometres a day. On top of that, we're riding a lot and lifting a lot of weights. ~By Clara Hughes ~
No one wants to quit when he's losing and no one wants to quit when he's winning. ~By Richard Petty ~
Winning is everything in Hollywood. ~By Olympia Dukakis ~
Being Captain of the Dodgers meant representing an organization committed to winning and trying to keep it going. We could have won every year if the breaks had gone right. ~By Pee Wee Reese ~
You've got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing. ~By Arthur Ashe ~
I disagree with people who think you learn more from getting beat up than you do from winning. ~By Tom Cruise ~
Getting the nomination is like gravy. Winning would be like whatever is better than gravy. ~By Billy Bob Thornton ~
Material possessions, winning scores, and great reputations are meaningless in the eyes of the Lord, because He knows what we really are and that is all that matters. ~By John Wooden ~
As a player, it says everything about you if you made the Hall of Fame. But, then again, boy... there's something about winning a Super Bowl. ~By Terry Bradshaw ~
I always won in my imagination. I always hit the game-winning shot, or I hit the free throw. Or if I missed, there was a lane violation, and I was given another one. ~By Mike Krzyzewski ~
The key to a winning season is focusing on one opponent at a time. Winning one week at a time. Never look back and never look ahead. ~By Chuck Noll ~
Winning tastes good. ~By Jean-Claude Killy ~
There is winning and there is misery. ~By Bill Parcells ~
Winning isn't everything. Wanting to win is. ~By Catfish Hunter ~
From quiet homes and first beginning, out to the undiscovered ends, there's nothing worth the wear of winning, but laughter and the love of friends. ~By Hilaire Belloc ~
Placing the ball in the right position for the next shot is eighty percent of winning golf. ~By Ben Hogan ~
The future author is one who discovers that language, the exploration and manipulation of the resources of language, will serve him in winning through to his way. ~By Thornton Wilder ~
Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start a winning game. ~By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ~
What was important to me was entertaining the audience, and whether that meant winning, losing, singing, or whatever it was on the live show we were doing every week, which was awesome, I was game for it. ~By Dwayne Johnson ~
Winning isn't everything, but playing and competing and striving and going through things can be a lot of fun and really important. As long as you're doing it in a way that's healthy, sports can be an incredible opportunity. ~By Andrew Shue ~
If winning isn't everything, why do they keep score? ~By Vince Lombardi ~
What I want out of tennis is not necessarily just winning. ~By Jennifer Capriati ~
Everyone talks about age, but it's not about age. It's about work ethic. Winning never gets old. ~By Lisa Leslie ~
I got into the race and people literally laughed. They thought I had no chance of winning. ~By Patrick McHenry ~
My peers say I have made a difference. That means more to me than winning an Oscar. ~By Conrad Hall ~
When you're dead weight, in the right position, you win. And in reality, you wouldn't see someone my size kicking seven martial arts experts and winning. ~By Joan Severance ~
That level of trade deficit throttles real growth in our country and continues the unfortunate path of selling out America. We are not winning the global trade war, we are losing it badly. ~By Marcy Kaptur ~
The old rules and the old methods of winning are gone. ~By Dick Morris ~
Getting an inch of snow is like winning 10 cents in the lottery. ~By Bill Watterson ~
Race, what is that? Race is a competition, somebody winning and somebody losing. Blood doesn't run in races! Come on! ~By Beah Richards ~
No matter how much you've won, no matter how many games, no matter how many championships, no matter how many Super Bowls, you're not winning now, so you stink. ~By Bill Parcells ~
Winning is not a sometime thing; it's an all time thing. You don't win once in a while, you don't do things right once in a while, you do them right all the time. Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing. ~By Vince Lombardi ~
An important scientific innovation rarely makes its way by gradually winning over and converting its opponents: What does happen is that the opponents gradually die out. ~By Max Planck ~
The only way to get back the confidence is to play and win matches. You can practise as much as you like, but you need confidence that comes from playing and winning matches. ~By Greg Rusedski ~
We were succeeding. When you looked at specifics, this became a war of attrition. We were winning. ~By William Westmoreland ~
In playing or managing, the game of ball is only fun for me when I'm out in front and winning. I don't give a hill of beans for the rest of the game. ~By John McGraw ~
Personally, I rather look forward to a computer program winning the world chess championship. Humanity needs a lesson in humility. ~By Richard Dawkins ~
Ted Turner sailed into the meeting, and I mean sailed. He holds himself as if he were at the helm of his sailboat, in the process of winning the race. ~By Joseph Barbera ~
The idea of winning a doctor's degree gradually assumed the aspect of a great moral struggle, and the moral fight possessed immense attraction for me. ~By Elizabeth Blackwell ~
The fact that we're in the playoffs doesn't mean anything to us, to be honest with you. Hopefully, we can accomplish our goal of going into the playoffs on a winning note. ~By Michael Strahan ~
If you can react the same way to winning and losing, that's a big accomplishment. That quality is important because it stays with you the rest of your life, and there's going to be a life after tennis that's a lot longer than your tennis life. ~By Chris Evert ~
Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength. ~By Arnold Schwarzenegger ~
Swimming isn't everything, winning is. ~By Mark Spitz ~
It costs a lot to sue a magazine, and it's too bad that we don't have a system where the losing team has to pay the winning team's lawyers. ~By Carol Burnett ~
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. ~By Billy Corgan ~
I do not think that winning is the most important thing. I think winning is the only thing. ~By Bill Veeck ~
Boom, crush. Night, losers. Winning, duh. ~By Charlie Sheen ~
I think I went on a nice winning streak of about 20 fights until I fought Jorge Reyes and he stopped me in 6 rounds after I punched myself out. ~By Alexis Arguello ~
Every winning streak will have to end sometime. ~By Jahangir Khan ~
Even championship-winning teams don't play well all the time. ~By Teddy Sheringham ~
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