Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bobby Bowden

As good as we were, we didn’t win a National Championship until 1993, mainly because we kept losing to Miami on missed kicks. I used to get mad because nobody else would play Miami. Notre Dame would play them, then drop them. Florida dropped them. Penn State dropped them. We would play Miami and lose by one point on a missed field goal, and it would knock us out of the National Championship. I didn’t want to play them, either, but I had to play them. That’s why I said, When I die, They’ll say, ‘At least he played Miami.

Bobby Bowden

I'm not too proud to change. I like to win too much.

Bob Newhart

You should have a value system. You can win if you stick with your value system.

Billy Joe Saunders

The Commonwealth is one of three belts I want to win before going for a world title.

Bill Parcells

It's a lot easier to lose than it is to win. It's easier, but it's not more comfortable.

Bill Parcells

You lose with potential. You win with performance.

Jan Brewer

I have a pretty good record of winning in court.

Jamie Redknapp

You want to win things and I am at a club where we have the players to do that.

Jamie Redknapp

We need to win something for the fans because they have been patient and very understanding and we owe them.

Jamie Redknapp

As I say, you get labeled. To stop all that, I've got to win things - that's the only way you make your mark.

Cesar Chavez

We do not need to kill or destroy to win. We are a movement that builds and not destroys.

Carson Palmer

Whoever controls the line of scrimmage and wins up front is going to be the winner.

Carson Daly

Men often think it's the bad boys who get the hot chicks. But I'm living proof that the good guys win.

Carroll Shelby

My proudest moments are beating Ferrari for the World Championship in 1965, and working with Ford to win Le Mans in 1966 and 1967.

Carroll Shelby

Horsepower sells cars, torque wins races

Carol Ann Duffy

It's always good when women win things in fiction because it tends to be more male-dominated, unlike poetry, which is more equal

Alan Dershowitz

I never place limits on the potential success of my students. If they're going into acting, they're going to win the Oscar... If they're going into law, they're going to be chief justice.

Al Green

GM is operating in an intensely competitive global environment and reaching this tentative agreement allows us to continue to build momentum in the market with the award-winning vehicles and components produced in Canada.

Al Davis

Look, I don't want to win in the press. I want to win on the field.

Al Davis

The fire that burns brightest in the Raiders organization is the will to win.

Al Franken

When you win an election, what you really win is a chance to go to work for working families who need a voice in Minnesota.

Al Gore

You know the old saying: you win some, you lose some... and then there's that little-known third category.

Al Gore

When it comes to climate, we can all make a big difference. At the most basic level, don't let denial go unchallenged and win the conversation on climate.

Charles R. Swindoll

Consistency: It's the jewel worth wearing; It's the anchor worth weighing; It's the thread worth weaving; It's a battle worth winning.

Charles R. Swindoll

God never asked us to meet life's pressures and demands on our own terms or by relying upon our own strength. Nor did He demands that we win His favor by assembling an impressive portfolio of good deeds. Instead, He invites us to enter His rest.

Charles Darwin

With mammals the male appears to win the female much more through the law of battle than through the display of his charms.

Charles Barkley

The most underrated player in NBA history is Dominique Wilkins. Right behind him is Gary Payton. He never has gotten the respect he deserves. If he doesn't spend the rest of his days in Seattle, I hope he goes someplace where he has a chance to win a title.

Charles Barkley

He'll never be Jordan. This clearly takes him out of the conversation. He can win as much as he wants to.

Blaise Pascal

God only pours out his light into the mind after having subdued the rebellion of the will by an altogether heavenly gentleness which charms and wins it.

Billie Jean King

Winning is very tangible, it's very exciting, it's very pleasing, but it's momentary. If you can do things that last, that each generation can build upon, then that's when you're cooking.

Billy Bob Thornton

Getting the nomination is like gravy. Winning would be like whatever is better than gravy.

Bill James

You can't ultimately dodge defeat by winning close elections.

Bill Hybels

Everyone wins when a leader gets better