Play And Win Quotes

#1. I never see failure as failure, but only as the game I must play and win.

Tom Hopkins

#2. The only way to get back the confidence is to play and win matches. You can practise as much as you like, but you need confidence that comes from playing and winning matches.

Greg Rusedski

#3. I am a sore loser. I've always been like that ever s'nce I started playin' sports and just life in general. I hate to lose and I play to win.

Snoop Dogg

#4. You can't outwit fate by standing on the sidelines placing little sidebets about the outcome of life. either you wade in and risk everything you have to play the game or you don't play at all. and if u don't play u can't win.

Judith McNaught

#5. Don't get me wrong. I don't take anything for granted. But it seems like the better I play, the more attention I get. And I can't get away from it. You play great, you get attention. But I hate attention. It is weird. I'm in a bind. The more you win, the more they come.

Derrick Rose

#6. You don't have to win to be a winner. If you give 100 percent, getting yourself mentally and physically prepared to play the game, if you look in the mirror and can say you give it everything to win, that's it. You're not going to win every time.

Duke Snider

#7. You want to try and win as many slams as possible in your career. As a tennis player, that's what we always dream of as a kid, wanting to play slams, wanting to win them.

Sania Mirza

#8. I want to consistently play well and win titles. I'm only at the beginning.

Cristiano Ronaldo

#9. Words move, turning over like tumbling clowns; like certain books and like fleas, they possess activity. All men equally have the right to say, 'This word shall bear this meaning,' and see if they can get it across. It is a sporting game, which all can play, only all cannot win.

Rose Macaulay

#10. 1960, I was 20 years old, and I was leading the U.S. Open. Now, I wasn't leading by several strokes, but I was leading the U.S. Open and playing with Ben Hogan, had a very good chance to win, nine holes to go, I was leading. I was still leading with six holes to play.

Jack Nicklaus

#11. All I can do is go out there and play hard and try and help my team win, and that's what I'm going to keep doing.

Brian Urlacher

#12. The surest way to remain a winner is to win once, and then not play any more.

Ashleigh Brilliant

#13. By some special graciousness of fate I am deposited - as all good photographers like to be - in the right place at the right time. Go into it as young as possible. Bring all the asset you have and play to win.

Margaret Bourke-White

#14. You win one and then you win another. You feel more comfortable and more confident, and it snowballs. You can't wait to get to the next hole and play better.

Vijay Singh

#15. Play the move that forces the win in the simplest way. Leave the brilliancies to Alekhine, Keres and Tal.

Irving Chernev

#16. Pakistan would be confident after their series win over England. The series will be a very close and good contest and if all the players play to their potential we're in for some wonderful cricket.

Greg Chappell

#17. So the criminals win, that's what you're saying? For now they do. But it's a long game, Jamison. And I always play for the long game.

David Baldacci

#18. Your power play can win you games, and your penalty killers can save you games.

Emile Francis

#19. Life is a magnificent and magical game. To win, play with utmost care and profound love.

Debasish Mridha

#20. I havent won on my birthday since college, so its good to play hard and get a win by double figures.

Chris Bosh

#21. The goal of life is not to win. It is to play the game with love. The rules of the game are: have a strong desire to win, believe that you are worthy of winning, have faith that you will win, and, as long as you are alive, never believe that the game is over.

Iyanla Vanzant

#22. Everyone in my life thinks I'm competitive because I want to win, but it comes from me wanting everyone to have a good time. And when I see that people aren't enthused, I try to make it really uncomfortable for everyone so they get enthused and want to play hard.

Christina Applegate

#23. On ambition, goal setting and competition - it doesn't matter if you lose, but you can't win if you don't play the game.

Aaron Lauritsen

#24. If I win and play well, then the ranking will take care of itself. Defending points is really not a problem. Just go out and play and not worry about it.

Pete Sampras

#25. It's such a beautiful sport, with no politics involved, no color, no class. Only as a youngster can you play and as a pro can you win. The game has kept me young, involved and excited and for me to be up here with gems of baseball.

Jack Buck

#26. It's not whether you win or lose in life that's important but whether you play the game. Lose enough and eventually you will win. It's only a matter of time.

Joseph Sugarman

#27. On the field I'm trying to play for the glory of God but then also I'm trying to give everything I have and win and compete. And so I think more than just winning or losing, I think He cares about where our hearts are when we're playing.

Tim Tebow

#28. The first initial feeling, at least for me, was to go out and play well and hopefully win and have the Asian community be even more proud.

Michael Chang

#29. You can only win the game when you understand that it is a game. Let a man play chess, and tell him that every pawn is his friend. Let him think both bishops holy. Let him remember happy days in the shadows of his castles. Let him love his queen. Watch him lose them all.

Mark Lawrence

#30. Coaching doesn't start with X's and O's. It starts with believing that players win games and coaches win players.

Bill Courtney

#31. When I come off the bench, I'm looking to add energy, and then I play defense and rebound. Also, at the end of the game, I have the experience to go out there and help us win.

Sue Wicks

#32. This is a business and everything happens for a reason. I'm going to just to play hard, try to play hard and do whatever it takes to win.

James Harden

#33. I want to know everything there is to know about Lewis and Clark. And I want to do the Sunday crossword in less than an hour. I want to be the best dad in the world. I want to play Richard II, and I want to win another Tony award.

Robert Sean Leonard

#34. Sometimes you can really serve well and win the match because of the serve. I have the opposite thing now, so it's kind of hard. I can just really play with my forehand and backhand.

Agnieszka Radwanska

#35. I'm going to go out and play really hard. If I have another win, it will be icing on the cake. But I don't take anything for granted.

Vijay Singh

#36. I don't think you can really expect to win a hockey game giving up three power-play goals. In reality, you cant give up those and that's the difference in the hockey game.

Randy Carlyle

#37. You can read books on stuff all day long, but until you get out there and just do it, if you want to start playing, and you want to make some music, then go out and play. Go find yourself a venue and play, even if it's in your home. Just play every day. You win the fight by fighting.

Christian Kane

#38. Our goal is not to win. It's to play together and play hard. Then, winning takes care of itself.

Mike Krzyzewski

#39. We play fair and we play hard. If we win the game we win, if we lose the game, we lose.

Jason Williams

#40. That's the thing about marriage. It's a shell game we play with ourselves. We're the suckers and we have to lose, but we play anyway because we lie to ourselves that we can win.

R. K. Milholland

#41. We play because we love the game, we love each other, and we love to win.

Mia Hamm

#42. I prefer to play and lose rather than win, because I know in advance I'm going to win.

Eric Cantona

#43. You're not going to win by automatically going out there. It's hard to know what people really expect of you, and I've never tried to live up to expectations anyway. That's no way to play baseball.

Greg Maddux

#44. I think of life as very much like a game. The one who created it gave us the rules by which it is to be played, rules designed to help us win, rules to help us be happy. The problem is many times we choose to play by our own rules, and then we're at a loss to understand why we never win.

Julie Lessman

#45. It doesn't matter if I ever win another award or get to play another major jazz festival in America. I would rather not garner any of those things and speak honestly about the things that I see my people endure in this country and all over the world.

Christian Scott

#46. I'm with Houston now. I just have to come in here and play hard and win games.

James Harden

#47. I would rather try a shot to win than play safe and finish second.

Phil Mickelson

#48. Men who believe in good and evil, and who believe that good should win, should watch for those moments when it is possible to play God

John Irving

#49. If we're gonna win, we have to play up to and beyond our potential. We're capable of doing that.

Don Nelson

#50. Tennis is mostly mental. Of course, you must have a lot of physical skill, but you can't play tennis well and not be a good thinker. You win or lose the match before you even go out there.

Venus Williams

#51. Sports teaches you character, it teaches you to play by the rules, it teaches you to know what it feels like to win and lose-it teaches you about life.

Billie Jean King

#52. I think that with piracy and tighter funds being around, people are realising that the game to play is to try and win people's respect with bold film making and then win a special place in people's collections, rather than just having the biggest opening weekends.

Riz Ahmed

#53. We play with enthusiasm and recklessness. We aren't afraid to lose. If we win, great; but win or lose, it is the competition that gives us pleasure.

Joe Paterno

#54. I do genuinely believe that young people who play sport at a competitive level, sensibly controlled, sensibly organised, that has to be a good thing. It will teach them to win, it will teach them to lose with dignity and magnanimity - all the things you want. It's a pretty good metaphor for life.

Sebastian Coe

#55. Why do you think the lottery is so popular? Do you think anybody would play if the super payoff was a job on the night shift in a meat-packing plant? People play it so if they win they can be rich and idle. Like I told you years ago - if work is so good, how come they have to pay us to do it?

Mike Royko

#56. I look at it this way. I'm not putting age limits on what I can do. As long as I can do the job to help the team win and feel like I'm playing at a high level, which I feel I can do for a long while, I'm going to play no matter what my age is.

Dan Marino

#57. The Russians have held my title for ten years and they're going to be in for it when I win the Championship. They're going to have to wait and play under my conditions.

Bobby Fischer

#58. In order to win, you must play your best golf when you need it most, and play your sloppy stuff when you can afford it. I shall not attempt to explain how you achieve this happy timing.

Bobby Jones

#59. I go out and play not for the numbers, but for a chance to win and the thrill of playing in front of a packed crowd.

Johnny Damon

#60. I'm over it. You strive to win a Super Bowl and you do everything you can to get there. But being in the Hall of Fame, you never play for that honor. It's incredible.

Dan Fouts

#61. You can either avoid making mistakes and play not to lose, or you can make the most of every opportunity and play to win.

Mark Batterson

#62. Play for the day," he told himself. "Win the day, each day, and so you will win the war.

R.A. Salvatore

#63. Match play really exposes your character and how much of a will to win you have in your heart.

Johnny Miller

#64. Not just Mexico. Columbus should be the home of any big game. There's absolutely no doubt about that.To be able to play in front of a decidedly pro-American crowd for both Mexico games, and to win them both 2-0, is fantastic for everybody.

Kasey Keller

#65. I'm not coming in to teach and play the big veteran guy. I'm coming in to win games.

Cliff Floyd

#66. Yes, yes, I'm very happy that I finally got through this match, beat No. 7 in the world. It's my best win so far. So I'm really happy the way I play today and felt really strong on the court physically, mentally.

Daniela Hantuchova

#67. People appreciating my performance is good enough for me. I don't care much for awards and have never given it much thought. And anyway, I can't play the games people play to win awards.

Manisha Koirala

#68. I feel much more respected in Europe than I do in the States from the press and from the people. Americans expect me to win every match I play.

Pete Sampras

#69. I play for me and I play to win, but it gives me great pleasure to represent Mexico.

Lorena Ochoa

#70. The motivation for me is just the game itself, just playing the game the right way and trying to win, compete every time I step out there on the floor. That's motivation enough for me to go out there and play well.

Kobe Bryant

#71. If we play in the right way and do what the manager asks us then we will win games,

Steven Gerrard

#72. The NBA is all about winning, but at this level (college basketball) winning doesn't make you happy. You can win, and play lousy, and in my program, feel lousy. To me it's about: How good can we be.

Geno Auriemma

#73. You play to win, to get that World Series ring, All-Star games and whatever comes with it.

Nick Johnson

#74. The College World Series, that's the end-all deal as a college player. To get a chance to play in the World Series and win it, that was surreal.

Morgan Ensberg

#75. I love the game - and I hate the Russians because they've almost ruined it. They only risk the title when they have to, every three years. They play for draws with each other but play to win against the Western masters. Draws make for dull chess, wins make for fighting chess.

Bobby Fischer

#76. I enjoy playing for the Arizona Cardinals, and I want to continue to play here and try to win.

Larry Fitzgerald

#77. Sometimes you can press a little bit and you're trying to do too much and you're trying too hard. You want to win so bad and you want to help the team so badly that you end up trying too much instead of letting the play come to you.

Ed Belfour

#78. When teams win and play well, everyone benefits from a financial standpoint. But everyone takes pride in people being able to achieve at that level.

Brendan Daly

#79. Anytime you've got an opportunity to play for your country and win a gold medal, I think that takes it all. That's the greatest thing you could ever achieve in your sport. So, I have been very fortunate to play on great teams, but the gold medal was probably the best.

Larry Bird

#80. Most important to me is to play well and to win. That is what the fans want to see.

Trina Gulliver

#81. Love is a game that two can play and both win.

Eva Gabor

#82. You win what you can win when you can win it, and keep pushing - all the time. And that's how this game is played. And I'll play it till I can't play it anymore.

Edward Zigler

#83. Concentrate, play your game, and don't be afraid to win.

Amy Alcott

#84. Ive been taught very early on that if you want to win a tournament youve got to beat anybody, and hopefully I play well and enjoy it.

Steffi Graf

#85. We cannot play games well when it comes to this love: and this is how we shall win.

Waylon H. Lewis

#86. I used to think it would be neat to play my whole career with one team. But as a baseball player you want to come to the ballpark every day knowing you have a chance to win and that the games mean something.

Carlos Beltran

#87. How do you win? By getting average players to play good and good players to play great. That's how you win.

Bum Phillips

#88. Morality and ethics are nothing but footballs, wherewith people, strong people play to win points.

Theodore Dreiser

#89. Just like I tell the boys, we don't play for one single run, we play to win the whole game. And I'm in it to win it.

Mariana Zapata

#90. As long as I feel like I can win majors and contend, I'll continue to play.

Pete Sampras

#91. I don't play the sport for fame. I don't try to win tournaments for fame. I don't do any of that. It's just me. I'm just Bubba. I goof around. I joke around. I just want to be me and play golf.

Bubba Watson

#92. Performance enhancing drugs are banned in the Olympics. OK, we can swing with that. But performance 'debilitating' drugs should not be banned. Smoke a joint and win the 100 metres, fair play for you. That's pretty good. Unless someone's dangling a Mars bar off in the distance.

Eddie Izzard

#93. In my room as a kid ... I'd play a fighter and get knocked to the floor and come back to win.

Dustin Hoffman

#94. We don't pray to win. We pray to play the best we can, and to keep us free from injury. And the prayer we say after the game is one of thanksgiving.

Vince Lombardi

#95. Poker is a game where you don't have to have the best hand to win. Poker is really reading other people and reading human emotion, which certainly comes into play in business.

Charlie Ergen

#96. I want to bring that childlike approach every night - just go out there and have fun. I want to play like a kid, for fun but with intensity. Play to win.

Chris Bosh

#97. Arsene Wenger's idea is not only to play good football. It's to play good football to win. In my day, we knew that with our style we could hurt teams and win trophies too. But we did it our way, with the positional game, passing, movement.

Dennis Bergkamp

#98. I want to know what it's like to play in a Super Bowl and win one. My career will be great without it. But, personally, selfishly, I want to know what it feels like.

Dan Marino

#99. The object of golf is not just to win. It is to play like a gentleman, and win.

Phil Mickelson

#100. Don't Pray to God to win, Play for god and you will Win.

Cameron Baker