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Winning Quotes
"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."
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"Looking back, of course, it was irresponsible, mad, forlorn, idiotic, but if you don't take chances then you'll never have a winning hand, and I've no regrets."
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"When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric."
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"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."
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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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"Designs are increasingly winning competitions because they are literally green, and because somewhere they feature a small windmill."
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"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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"I don't gamble, because winning a hundred dollars doesn't give me great pleasure. But losing a hundred dollars pisses me off."
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"Fields are won by those who believe in the winning."
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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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"Masculinity is not something given to you, but something you gain. And you gain it by winning small battles with honor."
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"I always had to keep improving my skills in order to remain competitive and keep winning."
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"I have to consider my greatest accomplishments winning the Olympics because everything that I've done after that is really because of the Olympics."
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"Winning isn't getting ahead of others. It's getting ahead of yourself."
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"My peers say I have made a difference. That means more to me than winning an Oscar."
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"It's real nice and exciting for me to break the records, but it's more exciting for me to be on a winning team."
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"They baffle me where they go with the storylines... we used to be a Golden Globe winning show."
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"Race, what is that? Race is a competition, somebody winning and somebody losing. Blood doesn't run in races! Come on!"
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"I don't know if it has set in or not. Honestly, it's crazy. It's such an amazing honor. I remember thinking back to being in my room waiting for the call to see if I got the part. It's like winning the lottery. I'm proud to be a member of such an amazing cast - that's the best award of all."
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"Winning brought me a wonderful sense of completeness."
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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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"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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"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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"Getting an inch of snow is like winning 10 cents in the lottery."
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"The biggest thrill wasn't in winning on Sunday but in meeting the payroll on Monday."
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"Winning the Pulitzer is not that big a deal. I have seen hundreds of plays that have won the prize and you couldn't sit half way through it. The Pulitzer is a common prize that means very little."
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"Everyone needs to be proactive and know the various warning signs of cancer. Early detection and research to make detection easier at earlier stages, along with the treatments needs, is still a must. I salute all those winning the battle."
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"For me, half the joy of achieving has been the struggle and the fight, the pitting myself against the world and all its competition - and winning."
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