Winning Isn't Everything Quotes

• If winning isn't everything, why do they keep score?

  Vince Lombardi

  Softball, Sports, Athlete

  "The Winner-Takes-All Society" by Chris Wallace, www.guernicamag.com. March 25, 2014.

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• I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Winning isn't everything to me, but it's a close second. Losing isn't something that I can just brush off and fake a smile to hide my frustration. It's that will and determination that I hope will get me where I want to go.

  Dale Earnhardt, Jr.

  Determination, Frustration, Winning

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• Winning isn't everything, but striving to win is.

  Vince Lombardi

  Sports, Winning, Strive

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• Once you have decided that winning isn't everything, you become a winner.

  George A. Sheehan

  Running, Winning, Winner

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• 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.

  Andrew Shue

  Sports, Fun, Winning

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• I've learned that winning isn't everything, and it's more about the journey. But at the end of the day, I just want to stand on the podium with the gold medal.

  Hope Solo

  Winning, Journey, The End Of The Day

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• Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Football, Motivational Sports

  Vince Lombardi (2002). “The Essential Vince Lombardi: Words & Wisdom to Motivate, Inspire, and Win”, p.2, McGraw Hill Professional

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• It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up.

  Vince Lombardi

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Vince Lombardi, Jr. (2012). “What It Takes to Be Number One”, p.31, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Vince Lombardi (2012). “What it Takes to be Number One”, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• The person that said winning isn't everything, never won anything.

  Mia Hamm

  Motivational, Soccer, Football

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• Leaders are made, they are not born

  Vince Lombardi

  Singleness Of Purpose, Effort, Leader

  Vince Lombardi, Jr. (2012). “What It Takes to Be Number One”, p.61, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Winning isn't everything, but it beats anything in second place.

  William C. Bryant

  Positive, Attitude, Winning

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• Winning isn't everything. Wanting to is.

  Catfish Hunter

  Success, Sports, Running

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  The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  Vince Lombardi (2012). “What it Takes to be Number One”, p.71, Thomas Nelson

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• 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.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Volleyball

  Vince Lombardi, Balance Design (1998). “Motivation Lombardi Style”

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• I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Nike Culture : The Sign of the Swoosh". Book by Robert Goldman, Stephen Papson (p. 49), 1998.

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• If winning isn't everything why bother to keep the score?

  Knute Rockne

  Winning, Score, Bother

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• A man can be as great as he wants to be. If you believe in yourself and have the courage, the determination, the dedication, the competitive drive and if you are willing to sacrifice the little things in life and pay the price for the things that are worthwhile, it can be done.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Vince Lombardi (2012). “What it Takes to be Number One”, p.42, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Winning isn't everything.... it's just all there is.

  Paul Newman

  Winning, Winning Isn't Everything

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• Winning isn't everything, but losing isn't anything.

  Charles M. Schulz

  Winning, Losing, Winning Isn't Everything

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• Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Leadership

  Vince Lombardi, Balance Design (1998). “Motivation Lombardi Style”

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• The coaches who win are the ones who can motivate their players. Winning isn't everything, but the will to win is everything.

  Vince Lombardi

  Winning, Player, Will To Win

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• Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing. If you can shrug off a loss, you can never be a winner!

  Vince Lombardi

  Loss, Winning, Coaching

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• I'm not a win at all costs guy. Winning isn't everything. It's second to breathing.

  George Steinbrenner

  Winning, Breathing, Guy

  "Top Of The Sixth" by Tom Fitzgerald, www.sfgate.com. September 19, 1996.

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