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Winning Quotes
"I think I went on a nice winning streak of about 20 fights until I fought Jorge Reyes and he stopped me in 6 rounds after I punched myself out."
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"Fighters with 13 fights are winning world titles, and of course they don't know how to behave."
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"An important scientific innovation rarely makes its way by gradually winning over and converting its opponents: What does happen is that the opponents gradually die out."
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"Winning Wimbledon was a great feeling and it is still a great feeling. It has given me so much confidence."
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"After about 15 minutes, you feel that you're winning them over."
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"Winning Nobel imposed on me a lifestyle to which I am not used and which I would not have preferred."
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"I said to myself I've got to go up there and do it because the New York Mets keep winning every day. The game was on the line and I wanted to go out there and come through for my team. That win tonight means a lot for us."
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"Winning isn't everything, but the will to win is everything."
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"Winning is only half of it. Having fun is the other half."
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"Winning is the most important. Everything is consequence of that."
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"We count on winning. And if we lose, don't beef. And the best way to prevent beefing is - don't lose."
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"You know, I want to help my country. Definitely I can help them, simply by winning races. Sure, they can follow my path to a good career. But for me it is not enough. I want to be more than that. In everything I want to be a role model."
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"I played Mary Joe Fernandez in the semifinals. She was winning the first set. Second set was very close. I started to play this aggressive game. I think I surprised them."
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"There's always something suspect about an intellectual on the winning side."
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"We won the European Championship last September and now the world title. That is some year for French beach soccer! Now comes the hard part. We have to keep improving and that's difficult because it's tough to do better than winning a world title."
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"I always had to keep improving my skills in order to remain competitive and keep winning."
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"Masculinity is not something given to you, but something you gain. And you gain it by winning small battles with honor."
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"The joy of winning is not as dramatic as the losses were, because I expected us to win."
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"I don't gamble, because winning a hundred dollars doesn't give me great pleasure. But losing a hundred dollars pisses me off."
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"Getting the nomination is like gravy. Winning would be like whatever is better than gravy."
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"I was a fighter and very determined. There was no way I was going to back out without winning."
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"Winning the Pulitzer is not that big a deal. I have seen hundreds of plays that have won the prize and you couldn't sit half way through it. The Pulitzer is a common prize that means very little."
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"I don't know if it has set in or not. Honestly, it's crazy. It's such an amazing honor. I remember thinking back to being in my room waiting for the call to see if I got the part. It's like winning the lottery. I'm proud to be a member of such an amazing cast - that's the best award of all."
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"I would have loved to have played for Joe Gibbs. Look at his record of winning three Super Bowls."
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"My peers say I have made a difference. That means more to me than winning an Oscar."
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"Let's try winning and see what it feels like. If we don't like it, we can go back to our traditions."
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