Top 100 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. The turning point in my career came with the realization that Black should play to win instead of just steering for equality.
Bobby Fischer
#4. 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
#5. My opinion about basketball, the way I was taught, was when you step on the court, you play to win.
Larry Bird
#6. 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
#8. Play to win because almost doesn't cut it.
Ana Monnar
#9. If you don't play to win don't play at all.
Tom Brady
#10. You play to win the game ... Hello. You play to win the game.
Herman Edwards
#12. 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
#13. 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
#14. 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
#16. I play for me and I play to win, but it gives me great pleasure to represent Mexico.
Lorena Ochoa
#17. You do not play hockey for good seasons. You play to win the Stanley Cup. It has to be the objective.
Guy Lafleur
#18. You play to win, to get that World Series ring, All-Star games and whatever comes with it.
Nick Johnson
#19. 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
#20. The rich are those who play to win. The middle class plays not to lose.
Robert Kiyosaki
#21. If you don't play to win, why keep score?
Vern Law
#22. The true competitors, though, are the ones who always play to win.
Tom Brady
#23. Morality and ethics are nothing but footballs, wherewith people, strong people play to win points.
Theodore Dreiser
#24. 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
#25. You need to play to win. But you also need to win ... to play.
Michael Scott
#26. 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
#27. Individual records are nice to get, but before the season starts, you want to play to win the Stanley Cup!
Guy Lafleur
#28. It annoys me a little when people try to be positive when I don't play my best. I play to win. I'm like that. I'm like any other player. I'm never happy.
Camilo Villegas
#29. If you play to win as I do, the game never ends.
Stan Mikita
#30. Play to win but never fear to lose. Win or lose-either way you are a winner.
Debasish Mridha
#31. I just play to win. I play to be competitive; that's it. I think every player hopes that they do something special that everyone remembers later in life, or whatever. But that's not why we're playing. At least, that's not why I play.
Cliff Lee
#32. Experience tells us that few matches are won on the back of one or two good sessions of play. To win a Test match most teams have to win and outplay the opposition for extended periods of time.
Justin Langer
#33. I play to win, whether during practice or a real game.
Michael Jordan
#34. Did you know, throughout the cosmos they found intelligent life forms that play to play? We are the only ones that play to win. Explains why we have more than our share of losers.
Lily Tomlin
#36. Find the game where you can win, and then commit your life to playing it; and play to win.
Robert T. Kiyosaki
#37. About winning and losing: It isn't important, what really counts is how you play the game. About playing the game: PLAY TO WIN!
Robert Fulghum
#38. I'm a very competitive person ... I've run 12 marathons! I kayaked around Manhattan 29 miles in October! I ran the Berkshire Hathaway 5K! And I want every part of the business to compete - and play to win.
Steve Burke
#39. The main reason that over 90 percent of the American public struggles financially is because they play not to lose. They don't play to win.
Robert T. Kiyosaki
#40. Life and relationships is like a card game, you have to learn different strategies, learn from your mistakes, always play to win, show no mercy, take chances, believe in yourself, and play hand after hand until you finally win the game.
Jonathan Burkett
#41. Cameroon is stronger because it's a country of conquerors, of winners. Cameroon's players aren't necessarily very technical, but that when they play, they play to win.
Roger Milla
#42. I play to win and if it looks like I've lost, its only because its not over yet.
Kiera Dellacroix
#43. You fight dirty," she murmured, taking the tin from him.
"I play to win.
Katie Reus
#45. Americans play to win at all times. I wouldn't give a hoot and hell for a man who lost and laughed. That's why Americans have never lost nor ever lose a war.
George S. Patton
#46. When healthy competition prevails
you come out to play and you play to win.
Lorii Myers
#47. Writing is not the lottery. New writers have to be realistic about what it takes to get published. But there is one similarity to the lottery: You have to play to win.
Lori Perkins
#49. I give so much of myself on Sunday. I drain all the life out of myself out there. I get paid to play, to win, to give the city pride, so maybe everybody can forget for a little while how hard life is.
Randall Cunningham
#50. As a sportsman, you always play to win. Having said that, it's not possible to win every day. There will be days when you will do well and there will be days you won't.
Suresh Raina
#51. I play honestly and I play to win. If I lose, I take my medicine.
Bobby Fischer
#52. 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
#53. 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
#54. 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
#55. I want to consistently play well and win titles. I'm only at the beginning.
Cristiano Ronaldo
#56. 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
#57. 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
#58. 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
#59. The surest way to remain a winner is to win once, and then not play any more.
Ashleigh Brilliant
#60. 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
#61. Play the move that forces the win in the simplest way. Leave the brilliancies to Alekhine, Keres and Tal.
Irving Chernev
#62. 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
#63. I play every game to win, it is not in my nature to throw a game.
Heyneke Meyer
#64. We had to play the hand we were dealt, all of us. Fighting the battles we could win.
Jeaniene Frost
#65. 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
#66. Life is a magnificent and magical game. To win, play with utmost care and profound love.
Debasish Mridha
#67. I havent won on my birthday since college, so its good to play hard and get a win by double figures.
Chris Bosh
#68. 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
#69. 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
#70. You have to play defense, that's how you win.
Peter Bondra
#71. 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
#72. 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
#73. 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
#74. 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
#75. 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
#76. 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
#77. You can't do anything to help your team win when you don't play.
Freddy Adu
#78. 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
#79. 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
#80. 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
#81. 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
#82. 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
#83. Money isn't something I play for. I want to compete. I want to win.
Dirk Nowitzki
#84. 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
#85. 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
#87. The point isn't to win the game. The point is to play a beautiful game. (paraphrased)
Patrick Rothfuss
#88. Our goal is not to win. It's to play together and play hard. Then, winning takes care of itself.
Mike Krzyzewski
#89. 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
#90. 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
#91. We play because we love the game, we love each other, and we love to win.
Mia Hamm
#92. I prefer to play and lose rather than win, because I know in advance I'm going to win.
Eric Cantona
#93. 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
#94. Some people play a horse to win, some to place. I should have bet this horse to live.
Henny Youngman
#95. 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
#96. 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
#97. 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
#98. 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
#99. I'm with Houston now. I just have to come in here and play hard and win games.
James Harden
#100. I would rather try a shot to win than play safe and finish second.
Phil Mickelson
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