- 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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- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was lucky to see Di Stefano, on the pitch, in person. He was a winner, as is Raul.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Before prognostication, a disclaimer: I have never been able to pick a winner. Not that it has ever stopped me from trying to. Well, it has stopped me from buying stock, but let's not talk about that.
- Walk
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you walk around Cleveland, the fans are starving for a winner and a successful team, and you saw how upset they were when LeBron left. You just want to win it for them.
- Nov 07, 2020
Alex Smith is - I think he is a winner, and he's a smart quarterback, and I'm a fan of his.
- Nov 07, 2020
A winner never whines.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not that good a player, and I'll be the first to admit that. I might be a three or four grand-slam winner; I might be a two grand-slam winner, I don't know.
- Happen
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not going to be a ten or twelve grand-slam winner. It's not going to happen.
- Competition
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most competition in Silicon Valley now heads toward there being one monopolistic winner.
- Nov 07, 2020
I will be a World Cup winner.
- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always got a desire to win - I believe I'm a winner.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ain't nobody ever had a jumpshot like mine, ain't nobody ever power moves like mine, ain't nobody ever tough defense like mine and ain't nobody ever had the courage to be a winner like me.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
It became clear to me by 1984 that Microsoft was likely going to be the big winner in the PC software apps and operating system category, partly because of the dynamics of owning and controlling the operating system: that gave you enormous power, and I came to see Bill Gates was fierce competitor.
- Loser
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sixteen times a year, all thirty-two NFL teams give us what we're looking for: speed, skill, violence, fantasy league orgasms and a final score. No confusion. No doubt. No indecision. A winner and a loser.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
A certain kind of person in America loves to note that they're currently soldiering through the latest Pulitzer winner for history, in particular. It connotes a certain gravitas, a connectedness to the literary and intellectual scene that most upwardly mobile professionals in America still desire.
- Foundation
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- Nov 07, 2020