victory quotes

I have learned, in my life and work as a sportswriter, that big-time Sports and big-time Politics are not so far apart in America. They are both a means to the same end, which is victory… And why not? Victory is good for you, and don’t let anybody tell you different.

There is no fool like a careless gambler who starts taking victory for granted.

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

Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure… than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.

The greenhorn is the ultimate victor in everything; it is he that gets the most out of life.

Our words will either bring life and victory or death and destruction. If we want to be happy, we have to be serious about speaking words of life that line up with God’s Word.

Duke is an ugly word in Kentucky. Nothing in the world compares to the joy of beating those hateful swine from Duke.

Sometimes you need faith and victory spoken over your life. Words have created power. When you receive them into your spirit, they can ignite seeds of increase on the inside.

For victory in life, we’ve got to keep focused on the goal, and the goal is Heaven.

Before Alamein we never had a victory. After Alamein we never had a defeat.

Winning the title in England is the biggest challenge of them all.

I like to talk to myself ahead of time so when temptation comes, I’ve already made up my mind that I have the victory.

If the battle for civilization comes down to the wimps versus the barbarians, the barbarians are going to win.

The struggle alone pleases us, not the victory.

Unconditional war can no longer lead to unconditional victory. It can no longer serve to settle disputes… can no longer be of concern to great powers alone.

My first win feels better than a draw!

The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult.

To make America the greatest is my goal, so I beat the Russian and I beat the Pole. And for the U.S.A. won the medal of gold. The Greeks said, ‚You’re better than the Cassius of old.‘

Experience acquired in the heroic battle against Batista’s tyranny showed that the enemy, no matter what his strength, could not defeat the Cuban people.

Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.

Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid, one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory.

‚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.

There is no substitute for victory.

It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.

I played a great horse yesterday! It took seven horses to beat him.

The United States never lost a war or won a conference.

I came, I saw, I conquered.

No matter what has happened to you in the past or what is going on in your life right now, it has no power to keep you from having an amazingly good future if you will walk by faith in God. God loves you! He wants you to live with victory over sin so you can possess His promises for your life today!

Victory is a fleeting thing in the gambling business. Today’s winners are tomorrow’s blinking toads, dumb beasts with no hope.

The victor belongs to the spoils.

As a man sow, shall he reap. and I know that talk is cheap. But the heat of the battle is as sweet as the victory.

In war there is no substitute for victory.

Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival.

Victory belongs to the most persevering.

America means far more than a continent bounded by two oceans. It is more than pride of military power, glory in war, or in victory. It means more than vast expanse of farms, of great factories or mines, magnificent cities, or millions of automobiles and radios.

When I won the Golden Gloves in 1960, that made me realize I had a chance. And when I won at the Olympics, that sealed it: I was the champ.

The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.

You can kill ten of our men for every one we kill of yours. But even at those odds, you will lose and we will win.

There is no victory at bargain basement prices.

After many years of great mercy, after tasting of the powers of the world to come, we still are so weak, so foolish; but, oh! when we get away from self to God, there all is truth and purity and holiness, and our heart finds peace, wisdom, completeness, delight, joy, victory.

When I came up to bat with three men on and two outs in the ninth, I looked in the other team’s dugout and they were already in street clothes.

Once you hear the details of victory, it is hard to distinguish it from a defeat.

There’s a victory, and defeat; the first and best of victories, the lowest and worst of defeats which each man gains or sustains at the hands not of another, but of himself.

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

Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory.

Gains achieved at great cost against our enemy in Afghanistan are reversible.

Perseverance is also key to success in any endeavor, but without perseverance in combat, there can be no victory.

Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting.

That feeling is so intoxicating, walking off the court holding the Larry O’Brien trophy. So I just want to do that again.

Drink is the only opponent I have been unable to beat.

The first step on the way to victory is to recognize the enemy.

Germany has reduced savagery to a science, and this great war for the victorious peace of justice must go on until the German cancer is cut clean out of the world body.

In war, when a commander becomes so bereft of reason and perspective that he fails to understand the dependence of arms on Divine guidance, he no longer deserves victory.

If a victory is told in detail, one can no longer distinguish it from a defeat.

It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.

I do not pilfer victory.

For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.

There is no God-given right to victory on the battlefield. You win that through the skill and the devotion, the valor and the ferocity of your troops.

If there be no enemy there’s no fight. If no fight, no victory and if no victory there is no crown.

If you seek truth you will not seek victory by dishonorable means, and if you find truth you will become invincible.