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title: "9 Hard Winning Quotes by 9 authors"
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> [After winning, it's hard to go to not winning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mikel-arteta/after-winning-it-s-hard-to-go-to-not-winning/)

[Mikel Arteta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mikel-arteta/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8d/mikel-arteta-27365_after_after-winning-it-s-hard-to-go-to-not-win_151815.jpg)

> [I work hard and have a winning attitude.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-redd/i-work-hard-and-have-a-winning-attitude/)

[Michael Redd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-redd/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ba/michael-redd-34967_attitude_i-work-hard-and-have-a-winning-attitude_1940992.jpg)

> [Playing hard to get and winning all the time is starting to feel a lot like losing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-romero/playing-hard-to-get-and-winning-all-the-time-is-starting-to-feel-a/)

[Oscar Romero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-romero/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39e/oscar-romero-12365_dating_playing-hard-to-get-and-winning-all-the_880603.png)

> [I need to keep working hard, winning fights, and it will happen. I just hope that I don't get sidestepped for too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dillian-whyte/i-need-to-keep-working-hard-winning-fights-and-it-will-happen-i-just/)

[Dillian Whyte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dillian-whyte/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1cb/dillian-whyte-12348_hard_i-need-to-keep-working-hard-winning-figh_2564114.jpg)

> [I just keep thinking about putting up good numbers, playing hard and winning games.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-trout/i-just-keep-thinking-about-putting-up-good-numbers-playing-hard-and/)

[Mike Trout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-trout/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4e/mike-trout-28780_football_i-just-keep-thinking-about-putting-up-go_174266.jpg)

> [Our goal is not to win. It's to play together and play hard. Then, winning takes care of itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-krzyzewski/our-goal-is-not-to-win-it-s-to-play-together-and-play-hard-then/)

[Mike Krzyzewski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-krzyzewski/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c56/mike-krzyzewski-2324_basketball_our-goal-is-not-to-win-it-s-to-play-toge_514734.jpg)

> [Preparing to lose is easy, but losing is hard. Preparing to win is hard, but winning is then easy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oli-thompson/preparing-to-lose-is-easy-but-losing-is-hard-preparing-to-win-is-hard/)

[Oli Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oli-thompson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ccc/oli-thompson-267279_art_preparing-to-lose-is-easy-but-losing-is_857286.png)

> [In too many marriage conflicts, we work too hard at winning the argument and too little at winning the heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-chandler/in-too-many-marriage-conflicts-we-work-too-hard-at-winning-the/)

[Matt Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-chandler/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10c/matt-chandler-2213_argument_in-too-many-marriage-conflicts-we-work-t_2235791.png)

> [Before the gates of excellence the high gods have placed sweat; long is the road thereto and rough and steep at first;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hesiod/before-the-gates-of-excellence-the-high-gods-have-placed-sweat-long/)

[Hesiod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hesiod/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/846/hesiod-2889_ease_before-the-gates-of-excellence-the-high_536646.jpg)

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