The conventional army loses if it does not win. The guerrilla wins if he does not lose.

If you lose a big fight, it will worry you all of your life. It will plague you – until you get your revenge.

War should be the only study of a prince. He should consider peace only as a breathing-time, which gives him leisure to contrive, and furnishes as ability to execute, military plans.

We should not fight wars without a clearly defined end state… when you go to war, it can’t be a half-step.

I was so used to going out and winning state championships and playing in the postseason.

There are no pleasures in a fight but some of my fights have been a pleasure to win.

You probably don’t need more weapons than what’s required to destroy every city on earth. There’s only 2,300 cities. So, the United States, by that criteria, only needs 2,300 nuclear weapons – well, we’ve got more than 25,000!

Whoever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible.

I want to consistently play well and win titles. I’m only at the beginning.

And winning is a huge thing for me.

After winning, most teams become individuals; most teams become complacent.

Winning – that’s the most important to me. It’s as simple as that.

Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for a change.

Notifying the enemy in advance of our withdrawal dates or reassuring the enemy that we will not use certain capabilities like our ground forces should be avoided.

‚Victory‘ is like, you won, so the question is, what? What did you win? I think that the songs go into that. It’s just about reaching a place in myself.

To win a national championship, you’ve got to be a little lucky.

I love going one-on-one with someone. That’s what I do. I’ve never lost. It’s a whole different game, just to have them right in front of you and be able to do whatever you want.

During a few days‘ halt near Vesontio for the provision of corn and other supplies, a panic arose from inquiries made by our troops and remarks uttered by Gauls and traders, who affirmed that the Germans were men of a mighty frame and an incredible valour and skill at arms.

Well, I mean, to me, I think my ultimate – my ultimate goal is winning championships and – and I understand that me going down as one of the greats will not happen until I, you know, win a championship.

War is mainly a catalogue of blunders.

You will never know the feeling of a driver when winning a race. The helmet hides feelings that cannot be understood.

The nation that secures control of the air will ultimately control the world.

I didn’t have to win, and winning wasn’t important to me. Being world champion wasn’t important to me. What was important to me was entertaining the audience, and whether that meant winning, losing, singing, or whatever it was on the live show we were doing every week, which was awesome, I was game for it.

One thing I have learned in my painful career as a gambler is that bragging when you get lucky and win a few games will plunge you into gloom and unacceptable beatings very soon. It happens every time.

I don’t know anything that builds the will to win better than competitive sports.

I’m a pretty good winner. I’m a terrible loser. And I rub it in pretty good when I win.

It is important to emphasize that guerrilla warfare is a war of the masses, a war of the people. The guerrilla band is an armed nucleus, the fighting vanguard of the people. It draws its great force from the mass of the people themselves.

If we turn our backs of the Scythians who have provoked us, how shamefully shall we march against the revolted Bactrians; but if we pass Tanais and make the Scythians feel, by dear experience, that we are invincible, not in Asia only, it is not to be doubted but that Europe itself, as well as Asia, will come within the bounds of our conquests.

Of course there are moments that you wonder how long you should be doing it because there are other aspects which are not nice, of this lifestyle. But I just love winning.

What with making their way and enjoying what they have won, heroes have no time to think. But the sons of heroes – ah, they have all the necessary leisure.

When I was researching my book ‚The 33 Strategies of War‘, I studied Napoleon extensively and I found myself wanting to ask Napoleon questions about things he did, and if was I interpreting his actions correctly.

Life is a difficult game. You can win it only by retaining your birthright to be a person.

I don’t think a coach becomes the right coach until he wins a championship.

If you win two games, one game or three games, you can still say it’s luck. But when you win a championship over 18 games, it’s not luck.

What was important to me was entertaining the audience, and whether that meant winning, losing, singing, or whatever it was on the live show we were doing every week, which was awesome, I was game for it.

One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.

Losers are people who are afraid of losing.

It kills me to lose. If I’m a troublemaker, and I don’t think that my temper makes me one, then it’s because I can’t stand losing. That’s the way I am about winning, all I ever wanted to do was finish first.

When I take action, I’m not going to fire a $2 million missile at a $10 empty tent and hit a camel in the butt. It’s going to be decisive.

The healthiest competition occurs when average people win by putting above average effort.

Votes are like trees, if you are trying to build a forest. If you have more trees than you have forests, then at that point the pollsters will probably say you will win.

Those who hate you don’t win unless you hate them, and then you destroy yourself.

The key to winning is choosing to do God’s will and loving others with all you’ve got.

To win is always good for the feeling of the whole team.

In a battle all you need to make you fight is a little hot blood and the knowledge that it’s more dangerous to lose than to win.

The battle of Austerlitz is the grandest of all I have fought.

We all want to win more, but it’s all about being blessed and embracing your blessings. We have life.

The first rule is not to lose. The second rule is not to forget the first rule.

I have long understood that losing always comes with the territory when you wander into the gambling business, just as getting crippled for life is an acceptable risk in the linebacker business. They both are extremely violent sports, and pain is part of the bargain. Buy the ticket, take the ride.

Other than being crazy enough to press a button, there is nothing that Putin can do militarily to fundamentally alter American interests.

Winning, to me, is easy. Winning more is the challenge.

I wish I could give you a lot of advice, based on my experience of winning political debates. But I don’t have that experience. My only experience is at losing them.

War is regarded as nothing but the continuation of state policy with other means.

The Creator has not thought proper to mark those in the forehead who are of stuff to make good generals. We are first, therefore, to seek them blindfold, and then let them learn the trade at the expense of great losses.

Winning is the most important. Everything is consequence of that.

The victor belongs to the spoils.

Every driver is different, so I just hope whatever I do is going to be good enough, because it’s not that I just want to be with McLaren. I want to win with McLaren.

In war, you win or lose, live or die – and the difference is just an eyelash.

I think everyone should approach relationships from the perspective of playing it straight and giving someone the benefit of the doubt. Until he establishes that this is a game. And if it’s a game, you need to win. The best thing to do is just walk away from the table.

You’re never as good as everyone tells you when you win, and you’re never as bad as they say when you lose.

For good or for ill, air mastery is today the supreme expression of military power and fleets and armies, however vital and important, must accept a subordinate rank.