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32,535. It’s a lot more fun winning. It hurts to lose. (US Presidents & Win & Lose) Bob Dole, 6th November 1996
44,934. It’s The Sun Wot Won It. (Newspaper & Election & Win) The Sun, 1992 general election
97,470. I see no reason why a nuclear war couldn’t be won in Europe. (Nuclear & Reagan & War & Win) Ronald Reagan
99,508. Spy: George, you won.
George: Did I? Yes, yes I suppose I did. (Novel & Spy & Win) Smiley’s People, BBC 1982, cited Andrew Marr, Sleuths, Spies & Sorcerers I: Detective, BBC 2016
33,815. It’s our money, and we’re free to spend it any way we please … If you have money you spend it, and win. (Kennedy & Money & Spend & Win) Rose Kennedy, of Robert’s 1968 campaign
69,252. Yesterday I dared to struggle. Today I dare to win. (Dare & Win) Bernadette Devlin
31,542. So we won. But what did we do with our victory? We unleashed the power of turbo-capitalism. (Great Britain & England & Cold War & Capitalism & Victory & Win) Dominic Sandbrook, Strange Days – Cold War Britain III
69,122. Lance Armstrong had begun an incredible comeback before his winning streak had even begun beating the odds to recover from cancer ... Armstrong surprised everyone by winning the 1999 Tour de France ... He raced in 2000 and won again. By 2001 he was totally dominant ... In 2005 he completed an incredibly winning streak by winning his seventh Tour de France. (Cycling & Bicycle & Win) Hall of Fame: Winning Streaks
137,265. My mentality was go out and win at any cost. (Basketball & Win) Michael Jordan, cited The Last Dance VII, Netflix 2020
138,328. So shall we win through to a better day? (United States of America & Win) F D Roosevelt, cited The Soul of America, Sky Documentaries 2020
20,578. Winning? That can be heavy on your back too like a monkey. (GBH Films & Win & Pool) The Hustler 1961 starring Paul Newman & Jackie Gleason & Piper Laurie & George C Scott & Myron McCormick & Murray Hamilton & Stefan Gierasch et al, Shark to Fast Eddie
20,581. She: Is he a winner?
He: Well he owns things.
She: Is that what makes a winner?
He: Well what else does? (GBH Films & Win) ibid.
90,392. You gotta have two things to win: you’ve gotta have brains, and you gotta have balls. (Pool & Win) The Color of Money 1986 starring Paul Newman & Tom Cruise & Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio & Helen Shaver & John Turturro & Bill Cobbs & Robert Agins & Alvin Anastasia & Iggy Popp & Forest Whitaker et al, director Martin Scorsese
23,577. There’s only one side to be on and that’s the winning one. (Spy Films & Win) When Eight Bells Toll 1971 starring Anthony Hopkins & Corin Redgrave & Jack Hawkins & Robert Morley & Nathalie Delon & Derek Bond & Ferdy Mayne & Maurice Roeves & Leon Collins & Wendy Allnutt et al, director Etienne Perier, Hopkins
24,615. There’s nothing so depressing as a winning streak that won’t stop streaking. (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine & Win) Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Cardassians s2e5, Quark
39,332. Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even. (Boxers: Heavyweights & Win) Muhammad Ali
39,564. When problems arise, you will usually find two types of people: whiners and winners. Whiners obstruct progress; they spend hours complaining about this point or that, without offering positive solutions. Winners acknowledge the existence of the problem, but they try to offer practical ideas that can help resolve the matter in a manner that is satisfactory to both parties. (Boxers: Heavyweights & Problem & Winner) George Foreman, Knockout Entrepreneur
40,113. You have to know you can win. You have to think you can win. You have to feel you can win. (Boxers: Light-Middleweights & Win) Sugar Ray Leonard
40,304. Winning all the time is not necessarily good. (Football & Win) John Toshack
40,320. If you are first you are first. If you are second you are nothing. (Football & Win) Bill Shankly
56,912. You can’t win them all. (Proverb & Win) Mid-20th century proverbs
56,919. You win a few, you lose a few. (Proverb & Win & Lose) Mid-20th century proverbs
69,253. Who Dares Wins. (Dare & Win) Special Air Service regiment motto
73,373. Winning is not a sometime thing, it is an all the time thing. You don’t do things right once in a while – you do them right all the time. (Football American & Win) Vince Lombardi
73,376. Winning is not everything – but making the effort to win is. (Football American & Win) Vince Lombardi
93,300. Winning is everything. The only ones who remember you when you come second are your wife and your dog. (Win & First) Damon Hill, cited Sunday Times 18th December 1994
93,301. Sure, winning isn’t everything. It’s the only thing. Henry Red Sanders, Sports Illustrated 26th December 1955
93,302. Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose. (Win & Tomorrow & Lost) Lyndon B Johnson
93,303. You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win. Zig Ziglar
93,304. Sometimes you have to accept you can’t win all the time. Lionel Messi
93,305. Sometimes in life you don’t always feel like a winner, but that doesn't mean you’re not a winner. Lady Gaga
40,309. The more you lose, the more you don’t win. (Football & Lose & Win) Alex McLeish
40,310. A game is not won until it is lost. (Football & Lose & Win) David Pleat
40,363. You’ll never win anything with kids. (Football & Win) Alan Hansen
40,407. You’re just kids. How can you win like that when you’re just kids. (Football & Win) United, BBC 2011
40,180. We deserved to win this game after hammering them 0-0 in the first half. (Football & Game & Win) Kevin Keegan
40,196. Newcastle, of course, unbeaten in their last five wins. (Football & Win) Brian Moore
40,303. We (England) haven’t been scoring goals, but football’s not just about scoring goals. It’s about winning. (Football & Goal & Win) Alan Shearer
73,900. ‘The game,’ said gem, ‘is never lost till won.’ (Game & Win & Lose) George Crabbe 1754-1832, Tales of the Hall 1819
73,901. There is plenty of time to win this game, and to thrash the Spaniards too. (Game & Win) Francis Drake, attributed
81,608. Aaaargh! Fucking hell! I’ve won! (Motor Racing & Win) Ayrton Senna, 1991 Brasil
26,511. In war, whichever side may call itself a victor, there are no winners, but all are losers. (World War II & War & Victory & Win & Lose) Neville Chamberlain