I have to remember that winning an Oscar is an almost unbelievable goal and that it is an honour just to be nominated. – Daniel Barber
I believe now that I’ve cemented my spot as the best swimmer in the world, and I can’t describe how proud that makes me. I just want to keep working hard and hopefully just inspire more youngsters to keep swimming and encourage South Africans to become a winning nation. – Chad le Clos
There have been so many majors that got away, starting at Riviera in ’95, taking a three-shot lead into the final round of the PGA and not winning. – Ernie Els
Muhammad Ali meant everything to me. He inspired me to box after watching re-runs of him winning a gold medal in the Olympics and being a world champion. – Nicola Adams
Politics is about a lot more than winning and losing. I think politics at its best is about compromise, shades of grey and about issues. – Matt Taibbi
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. – Pierre de Coubertin
I’m helpless in post-round, hole-by-hole interviews. I can’t take you through most of the holes of winning the Players Championship, the U.S. Amateur or Ryder Cup matches. It’s like golf amnesia. – Matt Kuchar
It was never a policy of the Kent team that the pitch must be occupied all day after winning the toss. – Frank Woolley
I could be winning the decathlon in high school, which I’ve won twice, yet, if my dad is in the audience, ‘Oh look! It’s Anthony Quinn.’ And I’m like, ‘Hello? Kid just got a gold medal. Hello? I’m over here.’ – Francesco Quinn
After I went through two years of not winning an event, what kept me going was winning one more major. Once I won that last U.S. Open, I spent the next six months trying to figure out what was next. Slowly my passion for the sport just vanished. I had nothing left to prove. – Pete Sampras
I think, for me, winning opens doors to all types of shapes and sizes and genres to come on the show and kill it. I’m probably the antithesis of what American Idols have been. – Caleb Johnson
In the long run, there are people who’ve made more money or had bigger stardom at points. But, I think I’ll have come out winning. – Chris Isaak
I don’t know if winning at any cost is wrong or not. There are times I’ve thought that the end justified the means. – George Clooney
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. – Clara Hughes
While I was there I became deeply interested in photography, and indeed the most noteworthy event in my early life was winning first, third, fourth and seventh prizes in an international competition for college and high school students. – Douglass North
Billy Jean King could not get credit when her husband was in law school and she was winning the Wimbledon, because he had to sign the cards. You know, you had these cases in the ’70s of women who were mayors who couldn’t get credit unless their husbands signed for them. – Gail Collins
I fight to drive my percentages through the roof for winning and lower my percentage by taking the least amount of damage and least amount of hits. – Dominick Cruz
I’ll have to say winning the Olympic gold in Atlanta is a crowning achievement, along with the gold in the relay in the same games. – Donovan Bailey
When I was a kid, I was a pretty good runner, and there was nothing like winning a race. – Frank McCourt
During the season… fun, to me, is getting sacks, making tackles and winning games. It’s not spending money, girls, or, you know, this and that. – Clay Matthews III
Over the years, I’ve made many sacrifices to win two Olympic gold medals and put together winning streaks that will never be broken. – Misty May-Treanor
I was playing little league baseball when Bruce Jenner was winning the gold but I don’t think I was really paying attention at that time. – Dan O’Brien
You don’t simply tell someone to get out there and win the tennis match. You say ‘move your feet’ or ‘watch the fuzz on the ball’ to really get into the Zen of it. You pull all that together, and then you just might hold up the Wimbledon Plate… It’s not about winning first place but bringing every element of effort to whatever you do. – Diana Nyad
