Motivational Winning Quotes:

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

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

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Favorite Sports, Best Success

Show class, have pride, and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself.

- Bear Bryant

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Success, Inspirational Football, American Football

Winners never quit and quitters never win.

- Vince Lombardi

topic: Inspirational, Positive, Success, Best Coaches, Just Give Up

Be strong in body, clean in mind, lofty in ideals.

- James Naismith

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Basketball, Inspirational Winning, Famous Basketball

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

- Vince Lombardi

topic: Loss, Winning, Coaching, Inspirational Football, Sports Football

Yesterday's home runs don't win today's games.

- Babe Ruth

topic: Motivational, Inspiring, Running, Business Life, Inspirational Winning

winning is not everything it is the only thing

- Vince Lombardi

source: Vince Lombardi (2002). “The Essential Vince Lombardi: Words & Wisdom to Motivate, Inspire, and Win”, p.3, McGraw Hill Professional

topic: Football, Winning, Nfl, Inspirational Football, Sports Football

If you don't have confidence, you'll always find a way not to win.

- Carl Lewis

topic: Inspirational, Winning, Way, Inspirational Athlete, Sports Training

A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.

- Billie Jean King

source: FaceBook post by Billie Jean King from May 14, 2010

topic: Motivational, Success, Sports, Great Sports, Sports Coach

The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win.

- Roger Bannister

source: "The Spirituality Of Running" by Jim Friedrich, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 5, 2016.

topic: Motivational, Success, Fitness, Hurt And Pain, Hurt Pain

It's not the will to win that matters-everyone has that. It's the will to prepare to win that matters.

- Bear Bryant

topic: Athlete, Winning, Matter, Inspirational Athlete, Inspirational Winning

To win without risk is to triumph without glory.

- Pierre Corneille

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Strength, Taking Risks, Inspirational Runner

The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.

- Joe Paterno

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Inspirational Football, Baseball Games

You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.

- Zig Ziglar

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Inspirational Winning, Inspiring Sales

Champions are made from something they have deep inside of them-a desire, a dream, a vison.

- Mahatma Gandhi

topic: Inspirational, Dream, Spiritual, Martial Arts Inspirational, Inspirational Athlete

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

- Thomas A. Edison

topic: Inspirational, Funny, Positive, Daily Work, Social Entrepreneurship

If you think and achieve as a team, the individual accolades will take care of themselves. Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.

- Michael Jordan

source: Michael Jordan (1994). “I can't accept not trying: Michael Jordan on the pursuit of excellence”

topic: Teamwork, Winning, Thinking, Individual Goals, Individual Performance

Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision.

- Muhammad Ali

source: Twitter post from Feb 03, 2011

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Dream, Cassius, Martial Arts Inspirational

The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning.

- Pele

topic: Athlete, Winning, Victory, Favorite Sports, Inspirational Athlete

Today I will do what others won't, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can't.

- Jerry Rice

source: "Getting Earnest With Movement". Noisey Interveiw, noisey.vice.com.

topic: Athlete, Today, Tomorrow, Inspirational Athlete, Inspirational Football Coach

The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur.

- Vince Lombardi

topic: Athlete, Winning, Important, Inspirational Football, Inspirational Determination

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

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Determination, Best Coaches, Great Sports

Winning takes talent; to repeat takes character.

- John Wooden

source: "The Wizard's wisdom: 'Woodenisms'", www.espn.com. June 4, 2010.

topic: Basketball, Motivational Sports, Character, Sports Coaching, Sports Leadership

Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

- John Wooden

topic: Beautiful, Motivation, Grateful, Inspirational Coach, Inspirational Coaching

Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can.

- Paul Tournier

topic: Confidence, Sports, Motivation, Great Attitude, Inspiring Sales

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

- Vince Lombardi

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

topic: Love, Inspirational, Life, Inspirational Football, Softball Team

There may be people who have more talent than you, but there's no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do - and I believe that.

- Derek Jeter

topic: Motivational, Inspiring, Success, Sports Leadership, Inspirational Winning

Life's battles don't always go to the strongest or fastest; sooner or later those who win are those who think they can.

- Richard Bach

topic: Thinking, Winning, Battle, Inspiring Sales, Motivation To Win

Winning is not everything, but wanting to win is.

- Vince Lombardi

topic: Inspirational, Wisdom, Motivational Sports, Inspirational Football, Inspirational Winning

The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.

- Vince Lombardi

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Basketball, Favorite Sports, Inspirational Commitment

If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.

- Jim Rohn

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Business, Pushing On, Taking Risks

You find that you have peace of mind and can enjoy yourself, get more sleep, and rest when you know that it was a one hundred percent effort that you gave - win or lose.

- Gordie Howe

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Sports, Inspirational Hockey, Sports Competition

Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

topic: Motivational, Courage, Clever, Innovation And Business, Inspirational Winning

The spirit is the true self. The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure.

- Marcus Tullius Cicero

topic: Football, Inspirational Sports, Determination, Inspirational Winning, Motivation And Determination