Amount Quote by Margaret Geller

To be told you've won a MacArthur fellowship is very flattering and gratifying personally.

— David Simon

I know people have won money on me before. And it wasn't because I was the guy expected to win.

— Shawn Porter

General MacArthur told me, "You represent the American serviceman better than the American serviceman himself."

— John Wayne

There are many men who would have done better than I did under the circumstances in which I found myself. If I had never…

— Ulysses S. Grant

I won from Mr. Jeffries because I outclassed him in every department of the fighting game. Before I entered the ring I was certain…

— Jack Johnson

I have never received a Farthing of Prize Money either for Artillery Ammunition or Vessels.

— Abraham Whipple

The UFC and WEC didn't give me anything. Everything I conquered was my merit and from my team.

— Jose Aldo

I fought when there was no money from fighting really.

— Josh Barnett

My dad was in the Army and we traveled all over the place and I never failed to win first prize.

— Randy Gardner

When I was coming up through the ranks, not that many people carried a lot money of money on them. This was before checks…

— Doyle Brunson

I never won anything without hard labor and the exercise of my best judgment.

— Theodore Roosevelt

“Individual admirals and captains made their fortunes from their share of prize money, which was divided according to prize law of an extreme complexity…

— Barbara W. Tuchman