#winning

Writing an acceptance speech gives you the expectation of winning, and you are therefore devastated or hurt if you didn't win. ↗

— William Shatner

#devastated #expectation #gives #hurt #speech

The only thing I'm addicted to is winning. This bootleg cult, arrogantly referred to as Alcoholics Anonymous, reports a 5 percent success rate. My success rate is 100 percent. ↗

— Charlie Sheen

#alcoholics #anonymous #bootleg #cult #i

Grandma cheated whenever she could. She cheated because it was a much more scientific and surer way of winning than trusting to luck. ↗

— Allan Sherman

#cheated #could #grandma #luck #more

Yes, winning the gold medal was undoubtedly the biggest day of my career - mostly because I won the way I had prepared to run it. It was a totally satisfying experience. ↗

— Frank Shorter

#biggest #career #day #experience #gold

A good balance of winning and losing is important. If you just win all the time, you won't get anything out of it; having some tough losses can be really important. ↗

— Andrew Shue

#balance #get #good #having #important

Winning isn't everything, but playing and competing and striving and going through things can be a lot of fun and really important. As long as you're doing it in a way that's healthy, sports can be an incredible opportunity. ↗

— Andrew Shue

#doing #everything #fun #going #healthy

To be honest, I never really wrapped my mind around winning. ↗

— Webb Simpson

#honest #i #mind #never #really

It's very important that you focus on winning games and being consistent down the stretch. I think that's what we're focused on. All of the other stuff about who wins and who loses and how many wins do we need, if we're focusing on that, then that's not good. ↗

— Mike Singletary

#being #consistent #down #focus #focused

So how critics will perceive your film or your work, or whether your movie is going to make $100 million at the box office, or whether you are going to be winning any awards - well, you have no control over that. ↗

— Charlize Theron

#awards #box #box office #control #critics

My dad told me that no one could ever make it as a writer, that my chances were equivalent to winning the lottery - which was good for me, because I like to have something to prove. ↗

— Poppy Z. Brite

#chances #could #dad #equivalent #ever