Although it was a great accomplishment to win a gold medal, as soon as they put it on you, that's it; your career is over.
When you're expected to win and you have the press saying that you are going to win the Olympic gold medal, and you're the only sure thing in the Olympics, it can undermine your confidence.
Television is much more difficult because at every moment the network can force you to change things based on their belief about what would make it popular. You're in a constant debate with a gun at your head, and the gun is cancellation. So it's hard to win the arguments.
You win an Oscar, it can double the audience that you had before.
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.
I've never been more motivated to be No. 1 in the world. I've never been more motivated to try to extend that lead from one to two. All the hard work that I've put into my game right now has paid off, but I've got to keep working hard to win as much as I can.
There is among us a far closer relationship than the purely social one of a fraternal organization because we are bound together not only by a single interest but by a common goal. To win. Nothing else matters, and nothing else will do.
To all the positions, I just bring the determination to win. Me being an unselfish player, I think that can carry on to my teammates. When you have one of the best players on the court being unselfish, I think that transfers to the other players.
We are all tourists in history, and irony is what we win in wars.
My philosophy of life is that if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives, then work hard toward that goal, we never lose - somehow we win out.
It's the steady, quiet, plodding ones who win in the lifelong race.
There's the push and pull you put on yourself and the push and pull the world puts on you. Most of the time, the world's going to win out, because it's just logical that you should be more successful and more motivated. You can always be more.
I have always believed that you win fights round by round.
I'm just here to play basketball and have fun and try to win another championship.
I think when you win the national championship, it works throughout your team. Where human nature is to say, I did well. I got my quota this month. Now do I get some time off? Do I get a bonus? Do I get to go on a cruise? But it's not to keep trying to be the best. That's not necessarily human nature.
My sporting hero was Drazen Petrovic, the NBA basketball player, who was killed in a car accident in 1993. He was a good friend, an unbelievable player, and I dedicated my Wimbledon win to him.
Some times you lose more than you win. It's about handling losses and trying to turn them into positives. You get out into the big leagues and there's a period of adjustment to be made. You've got to handle it.
Somebody asked me - you know, how come it took you so long to win a national championship? And I said, 'I'm a slow learner; but you notice when I learn something, I have it down pretty good.'
You want to win. Everyone says, 'It's just an honor to be nominated,' but that's so not true. You want to win.
My only goal is to play 162 games and help this team win. If I can do that, everything will take care of itself.
There's not many firsts in my career, as I have been a part of many tournaments and fortunate enough to win many.
Sometimes it's all about the win, sometimes it's about the skiing.
My job is to go out there and play football. My job is to go out there and win football games.
It's no good in a scene to have one actor lie down because the scene says it's the other actor's moment. Each actor has to believe that with extra will, the outcome of a scene can be different. An actor can win the scene if he exerts the most powerful will in that moment.
I've got to believe I'm the first person to win the Newbery who has written a Harlequin romance!
To me, it doesn't matter how good you are. Sport is all about playing and competing. Whatever you do in cricket and in sport, enjoy it, be positive and try to win.
Defining the terms of the debate generally dictates who's gonna' win it.
How great are the dangers I face to win a good name in Athens.
Going to Omaha for the College World Series - the people there are tremendous - huge crowds and a lot of excitement. I still remember those days - you make a lot of friends that you never forget when you win a championship like that.
The only thing I really, really want is for the U.S. to win again. Just to win another team gold. And, of course I would really want to win an all-around gold.
To win in Australia, for me, has to be the ultimate success because the Aussies live for sport.
Strong beliefs win strong men, and then make them stronger.
I'd love to be in the Hall of Fame one day and win Super Bowl rings, or even one... and stay healthy.
I tell my boys not to play rough with their younger sister. I try to teach them what I know already: You're never going to win an argument with a girl, so just let her have what she wants!
I'll do whatever it takes to win.
If everybody that voted in 2008 shows up in 2010, we will win this election. We will win this election.
