I feel like acting is something I've been working towards longer. And it would be great to win a Grammy, of course, but for some reason, an Oscar speaks more to me.
It's the only way that Democrats can win in Illinois, is to say, 'Oh, Kirk has health problems, he's going to retire.' For Democrats looking at a minority life and seeing that they cannot win in Illinois is so frustrating that they will just assume away any issue. They'll just say to willing reporters, 'I think Kirk is going to retire.'
Plagiarism has been around far longer than the Internet. In fact, I had a poem published in 'Seventeen' magazine when I was 15 years old. About a year later I was informed that there was a girl who used that same poem to win a statewide poetry competition in Alabama. It took months for people to put together that this had happened.
The only thing I focus on is just winning. Once we win, everyone remembers a winner. That's what I'm focused on.
It's a very competitive world out there. The competitive spirit is fine within limits. But it shouldn't drown the sheer joy of the game being played. It's natural to want to win. But to me, it's not natural to want others to fail.
That's what has always been good about track. The goal is very clearly defined: Try to win. Get the gold medal. And I'm able to put my energy toward that.
I love competing against the best players. I have a huge challenge, and that's to win a U.S. Open and complete the Grand Slam. I enjoy that challenge. Every year it comes around, I get excited to try to conquer that opportunity. I love it.
What is important is to win.
I love to win, honestly... If you love to win, you should say it. And honestly, I'm hooked on it.
To survive is to win.
I definitely feel like I'm a really good playmaker, a really smart point guard that can lead his team and win.
I think that you do get a little extra jolt of confidence when you win an Emmy.
You're never as good as everyone tells you when you win, and you're never as bad as they say when you lose.
It's hard to win when you always lose.
You never know who will win and I think that is the great thing about this league (as a player) because it gives you a lot of hope that this could be your year.
A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.
Anybody who doesn't think I want the Lakers to win is a fool. But I'm no homer.
What matters most is the win.
I loved the Lakers in '09 and 2010. I used to get up early with my brother Janis, and we watched them win the titles.
The Obama administration seems to have lost the will to win. The terrorists have not.
The reason I think I'm a good pitcher is I locate my fastball and I change speeds. Period. That's what you do to pitch. That's what pitchers have to do to win games.
Guerrilla leaders win wars by being paranoid and ruthless. Once they take power, they are expected to abandon those qualities and embrace opposite ones: tolerance, compromise and humility. Almost none manages to do so.
To play in the Olympics, to play for your country, there's nothing like it. You love doing it and I'm looking forward to it again. We're all looking forward to trying to win another gold.
I'm willing to fight, but I want to fight to win.
You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.
I love going into a dive where they have no idea who I am or haven't heard my music and try to win them over.
If you win the Oscar, you get to go into just about anybody's office for a month.
Cambridge is heaven, I am convinced it is the nicest place in the world to live. As you walk round, most people look incredibly bright, as if they are probably off to win a Nobel prize.
Every team starts out at the beginning of the year saying, 'We want to win a championship,' but you've got to have a goal of getting to the playoffs first.
I want to play Champions League every year; I want to be at a big club and win trophies. That's my target.
Women are blessed with lots and lots of extra ways to win or lose validation. If you're a woman, you'll be judged on your beauty and your wit and how often you smile. You'll be judged on how much hair you have in some places and not in others.
It's like, once you've seen Tom Hanks win the Golden Globes, the Oscars, you've seen his wife, what kind of car he drives, when you watch his movies, you can't fully get really lost in them.
I intend to fight and I want to win. But my priorities are basically to be a good Brother and a strong one, and to try to be a good father one day.
The Washington establishment think Republicans win elections by you don't stand for anything, you keep your head down, you don't rock the boat. You know what? Every time we do that, we get clobbered in the polls.
Because winning a gold medal had been a dream of mine since a young age, I needed to empty my mind during the preparation for the Olympics by telling myself that it would be OK not to win a gold medal.
The car business is a lot like football. In football, you have to win once a week. In the car business, you have to win every day.
