It’s definitely hard when you’re putting in the work and the guy who’s starting isn’t, especially if he’s overhyped or you’re not winning. I can’t imagine how hard it would be to be that guy’s backup. – Matt Hasselbeck
Every time I reach a major milestone in my career, I expect it to make more of a difference than it does, and I guess that means I’m in the sport for the right reasons. I’m not in it to win it because winning can only last for so long, and it’s a very fickle thing, sport. – Cate Campbell
I’ve asked every grammar schoolteacher in the nation to have their students write on the meaning of the Statue of Liberty. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if the winning kid got up to the microphone and, in front of the world, had to dig into a pocket to pull out a crumpled sheet of paper containing the words that would move us all? – David L. Wolper
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. – Conrad Veidt
In a globalized world, one application can spread like wildfire and there’s only one winning company, which means you have to invest more than you’ve ever had. – Douglas Leone
Winning a competition in architecture is a ticket to oblivion. It’s just an idea. Ninety-nine per cent never get built. – Daniel Libeskind
Analysts may be correct that the presidential election won’t primarily turn on entitlements reform, but by choosing Paul Ryan as his running mate, Mitt Romney can, contrary to conventional wisdom, make it a winning issue and lay the foundation for a reform mandate when he wins. – David Limbaugh
The mind is absolutely instrumental in achieving results, even for athletes. Sports psychology is a very small part, but it’s extremely important when you’re winning and losing races by hundredths and even thousandths of a second. – Michael Johnson
The new industries are brainy industries and so-called knowledge workers tend to like to be near other people who are the same. Think of the City of Hollywood. People cluster. This means you have winning regions, such as London and Cambridge, and losing regions. The people who want to be top lawyers in Sunderland are hoovered up by London. – Evan Davis
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. – Dwayne Johnson
I’m a guy who wins medals rather than runs fast times, so for me, what keeps me going is winning medals for my country and making my nation proud. – Mo Farah
Boxing is all about how cool and controlled and clear your mind is. Violence only gets in the way of you winning a fight. It’s a sport that’s more about the strategy than anything. You lose or you win in your head. – Edgar Ramirez
When you’re winning games, everyone thinks everything the manager says and does is fantastic. Then it goes the other way, and those earlier criticisms of players can backfire. – Gary Lineker
For me, the winning strategy in any start-up business is, ‘Think big but start small.’ – Carmen Busquets
We’ve got to get our fans back. We’ve got to start winning and get our fans excited about the 76ers again… We’re selling hope. This is about hope. We have hope that we have a chance to be good. – Doug Collins
I love the Cowboys in the early 90s. That was their heyday, winning all those Super bowls. Troy Aikman was a person I looked up to. – Drew Brees
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. – Elizabeth Blackwell
It’s insane to me to ask anybody to be what they’re not. Know what you know the best, love the most. That’s always going to be the answer to the thing that you have the best shot at winning at. – Gary Vaynerchuk
I didn’t have to win, and winning wasn’t important to me. Being world champion wasn’t important to me. 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. – Dwayne Johnson
When I think about my MVP season, I will also think about the loss to Golden State. But winning the award as Most Valuable Player of the NBA is just a huge honor. I didn’t really realize how big it was until Mark Cuban had tears in his eyes at the award ceremony. – Dirk Nowitzki
It’s very, very special for me. This is where I’ve grown up, it’s my home, and winning the Monaco Grand Prix is the highlight of any racing driver’s career and for me a childhood dream. It being my home makes it all the more special, unbelievable. – Nico Rosberg
My focus in 2010 was on just running fast races. My focus in 2011 was for winning at the World Championships. This year has been a combination of the two so we’ll see what kind of time it brings. – David Rudisha
If I thought I had hurt my chances of winning another major just because I was chasing money around, I’d wind up kicking myself. – Mike Weir
