Athlete Quote by Rush Limbaugh

If wanting to win is a fault, as some of my critics seem to insist, then I plead guilty. I like to win. I…

— Bear Bryant

“The consequence of winning is one of the most common desires of persons affiliated with sport. Athletes, coaches, and sport managers act in ways…

— Robert C. Schneider

To go into a competition and not strive to win is to be a dishonest competitor.

— Michael Novak

There is something that can happen to every athlete and every human being; the instinct to slack off, to give in to pain, to…

— Jesse Owens

The virtue of losing is we get used to the fact that competing and to lose doesn't kill you. It just makes you stronger.…

— Po Bronson

There's a difference between hurting when you lose and being a bad loser. You don't compete at the highest level of sport to feel…

— Sebastian Coe

Eventually, the truth comes out in sport and in life. When you win, you're praised, and when you lose, you're criticized. That's normal.

— David Luiz

I love competition and really going for it and doing my best, but losing isn't really upsetting to me. I feel like if I…

— Corbin Bleu

After you win, people expect you to always play so good. When that doesn't happen, it's hard to deal with.

— Garbine Muguruza

And yet as a coach, I know that being fixated on winning (or more likely, not losing) is counterproductive, especially when it causes you…

— Phil Jackson

Guilt is also a way for us to express to others that we are a person of good conscience. 'I feel really guilty about…

— Tom Hodgkinson

When you want to win, man, when you're in a winning organization, you take pride in it. And when you lose, you let everybody…

— Jae Crowder