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Winning Quotes
"Let's try winning and see what it feels like. If we don't like it, we can go back to our traditions."
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"These guys who keep on playing but aren't winning, you've got to sit them down and let them figure it out and perform a little gut-check on themselves."
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"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."
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"Winning Commonwealth gold was just totally unbelievable."
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"And when you start talking about the practicality of winning a race like that - you've got to remember we're not talking about winning 51 percent of the vote. We're talking about winning 36, 37, 38 percent of the vote."
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"I was so worried about winning, it was as if I was caught up in my own web."
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"In those days reputation was a big thing. If you could win a game before you went out, win it. That could mean winning it in the papers by saying certain things or by not saying certain things. You got very crafty at the game."
7
"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."
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"The difference between winning and losing is always a mental one."
7
"Winning a Grand Slam changes everything. There is so much off-court stuff to deal with. And there are expectations of keeping it going that make it tough."
7
"Some Republicans gave up on winning the African-American vote, looking the other way or trying to benefit politically from racial polarization. I am here today as the Republican chairman to tell you we were wrong."
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"Winning brought me a wonderful sense of completeness."
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"Grandma cheated whenever she could. She cheated because it was a much more scientific and surer way of winning than trusting to luck."
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"I never was brought into the league thinking as far as, you know, statistics, things like that. We were really brought into the league in a team concept. Everything was focused around winning."
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"Any form of a winning record in the conference is an accomplishment."
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"Because Olivia Newton-John wasn't from Nashville, they didn't like her winning our awards. I've got no complaints."
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"Getting an inch of snow is like winning 10 cents in the lottery."
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"Fields are won by those who believe in the winning."
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"The biggest thrill wasn't in winning on Sunday but in meeting the payroll on Monday."
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"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."
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"I've never been in a place where winning has hurt the ability to do anything."
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"Winning isn't worthwhile unless one has something finer and nobler behind it."
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"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."
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"Winning isn't getting ahead of others. It's getting ahead of yourself."
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"I had always dreamed of winning Wimbledon and when it happened it was very stressful. It was more of a relief!"
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"Winning isn't everything, but it beats anything that comes in second."
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"I just want to go out there and do what I can do, contribute in the ways that I can. Whether I get exposure or not, it's about winning."
6
"Race, what is that? Race is a competition, somebody winning and somebody losing. Blood doesn't run in races! Come on!"
6
"Winning may not be everything, but losing has little to recommend it."
6
"Were this not Texas, were there not a state where there were no protections at all and where the law was clear on that, I think CBS and Mary Mapes and Dan Rather and all of us had a very good chance of winning. So this is an ongoing battle about an issue of principle."
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"What's a good tournament for him? Winning it. He's good enough."
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"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."
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