- Nice
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- Nov 07, 2020
Winner Quotes
On choosing to compete, and choosing to keep going.
Winning shows up here less as a single trophy moment and more as an outlook: choosing tougher competition on purpose, and being fine with losing the crowd if it comes to that. One entry follows a young talent becoming an assistant after impressing a director. See I Am quotes for more on identity and drive.
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- Glued
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I came out of service, the first couple of releases didn't really hit so I just took a little hiatus and sat down to see what was happening. I just glued my ears to the radio and then I started writing - the first hit record that came out was 'Everybody Loves a Winner.'
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I gotta do what I think is right, and if enough people like it, I'm a winner. And if they don't, I'll open a bookstore.
- Focus
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- Nov 07, 2020
I knew the ribosome was going to be the focus of Nobel prizes. It stands at the crossroads of biology, between the gene and what comes out of the gene. But I had convinced myself I was not going to be a winner.
- Hands
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- Nov 07, 2020
Listen, I believe I should be winning Sport Personality of the Year because if it's about sporting achievements and it's about personality, then I'm a winner hands down.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm an Ultimate Fighter winner at 170. At 155, I'm always proving myself. I have nothing to prove to any of the fans, but to myself, it's my skillset.
- Idea
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- Nov 07, 2020
My idea of heaven is a pennant winner.
- Energy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Renewable energy is a clear winner when it comes to boosting the economy and creating jobs.
- Loser
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a pretty good winner. I'm a terrible loser. And I rub it in pretty good when I win.
- Forgiveness
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- Nov 07, 2020
A winner rebukes and forgives; a loser is too timid to rebuke and too petty to forgive.
- Process
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- Nov 07, 2020
The object of this competition is not to be mean to the losers but to find a winner. The process makes you mean because you get frustrated.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've had opportunities. But winning a major is not only about playing well. It's about having 'winner's luck.' I had winner's luck in 1999 at Medinah, but it didn't take me all the way.
- Proud
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- Nov 07, 2020