Play To Win Sayings

#1. 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

#2. I'm a winner, I play to win, I want to make good things go on around me.

David Ortiz

#3. 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

#4. The turning point in my career came with the realization that Black should play to win instead of just steering for equality.

Bobby Fischer

#5. 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

#6. 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

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

Cristiano Ronaldo

#8. 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

#9. 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

#10. 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

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

Ashleigh Brilliant

#12. 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

#13. My opinion about basketball, the way I was taught, was when you step on the court, you play to win.

Larry Bird

#14. Profile of a winning team - They play to win. They have a winning attitude. They keep improving. They make their teammates more successful.

John C. Maxwell

#15. I love to play to win.

Tiger Woods

#16. 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

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

Irving Chernev

#18. 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

#19. I play every game to win, it is not in my nature to throw a game.

Heyneke Meyer

#20. We had to play the hand we were dealt, all of us. Fighting the battles we could win.

Jeaniene Frost

#21. I'm ready to lose my life if that's what Portugal needs to win. I'll play vs USA even if I play with one leg.

Cristiano Ronaldo

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

Debasish Mridha

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

Chris Bosh

#24. 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

#25. 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

#26. You have to play defense, that's how you win.

Peter Bondra

#27. Play to win because almost doesn't cut it.

Ana Monnar

#28. The art of chess is in knowing which is the most valuable piece in play, then having the courage to sacrifice it for the win.

Thomm Quackenbush

#29. 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

#30. If you don't play to win don't play at all.

Tom Brady

#31. To be honest, the play that was drawn up, I scratched it. I just told coach, 'Give me the ball.' We're either going to go to overtime or I'm going to win it for us. It was that simple.

LeBron James

#32. I am nervous about this game. The Cowboys' best player, quarterback Tony Romo, is not going to play because he has a broken finger. The Cowboys ought to be able to win without Tony Romo because the St. Louis Rams are terrible, but I am still nervous.

Craig Lancaster

#33. 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

#34. 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

#35. You can't do anything to help your team win when you don't play.

Freddy Adu

#36. 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

#37. 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

#38. 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

#39. I feel like I just returned a 100-yard kickoff in the last two minutes of the Super Bowl to win it all, only to have my run called back by a flag on the play.

Kobe Bryant

#40. 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

#41. Money isn't something I play for. I want to compete. I want to win.

Dirk Nowitzki

#42. 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

#43. 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

#44. You must play boldly to win.

Arnold Palmer

#45. The point isn't to win the game. The point is to play a beautiful game. (paraphrased)

Patrick Rothfuss

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

Mike Krzyzewski

#47. It is never easy to win but it is a lot easier to win when you play well. The key is winning golf tournaments when you are not playing so well. Managing your game is something that I feel that I am still learning to do.

Rory McIlroy

#48. 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

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

Mia Hamm

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

Eric Cantona

#51. It's a different thing when you play on a team that has to win, that doesn't consider it a good year unless you win the championship

Manu Ginobili

#52. You play to win the game ... Hello. You play to win the game.

Herman Edwards

#53. Some people play a horse to win, some to place. I should have bet this horse to live.

Henny Youngman

#54. 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

#55. 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

#56. The best way to win is to play well early or late in the game. The middle part tends to take care of itself.

Tony La Russa

#57. 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

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

James Harden

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

Phil Mickelson

#60. 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

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

Don Nelson

#62. 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

#63. 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

#64. 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

#65. 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

#66. Winners play to win. Losers play to avoid defeat.

Matshona Dhliwayo

#67. Sport for me is about inspiring kids. Here's the rules, here's the play area, sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. This is all about teaching kids how to approach life. If we're not playing sport to benefit kids, I'm not really sure why we play sport.

Russell Crowe

#68. I want to play for a championship team. I want to win a championship.

Richard Jefferson

#69. Actors like to play bad guys because they're more fun. They also win more awards.

Dean Norris

#70. 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

#71. I don't play to prove people right or wrong. I just want to win.

Mark Teixeira

#72. 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

#73. I'm a chemistry guy. I believe you've got to play together to have a chance to win.

Tony Gwynn

#74. We all play chess with Fate as partner. He makes a move, we make a move. He tries to checkmate us in three moves, we try to prevent it. We know we can't win, but we're driven to give him a good fight.

Isaac Bashevis Singer

#75. 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

#76. 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

#77. 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

#78. 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

#79. 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

#80. Containment is a strategy for losers! But as General George S. Patton famously observed, Americans play to win all the time. Americans don't play to lose.

Bobby Jindal

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

Johnny Miller

#82. 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

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

Cliff Floyd

#84. 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

#85. Play to win, but enjoy the fun.

David Ogilvy

#86. LIfe is just a game of chance, a dance with fate if you let it be so. Or you could chose to play by your rules to win.

Steven Redhead

#87. 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

#88. You never know how long Federer is going to play, but in my opinion he has at least one or two more grand slams to win. It depends how long he stays motivated. For me, he is the greatest player to ever play the game.

Bjorn Borg

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

Lorena Ochoa

#90. 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

#91. 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

#92. You do not play hockey for good seasons. You play to win the Stanley Cup. It has to be the objective.

Guy Lafleur

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

Nick Johnson

#94. 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

#95. 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

#96. Life's a sequence of gambles. You're going to win some. You're going to lose some. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't play the game.

Nicole Williams

#97. When I was 13 my dream was to play the U.S. Open. Now it's to win it.

Yani Tseng

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

Larry Fitzgerald

#99. 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

#100. 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