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Victory Quotes

Any time, as an athlete, you taste victory, you taste the top of the mountain, you want to get there again.

– Dell Curry

You can learn little from victory. You can learn everything from defeat.

– Christy Mathewson

You know, we – if, for example, Jerry Brown can withstand, you know, what will probably end up being $200 million of spending by his opponent and get elected governor of California, that will be a big victory in the nation’s largest state.

– David Axelrod

The Greatest Living Yankee is Whitey Ford, who came out of Aviation High School, which was then in Manhattan, and helped pitch the Yankees to victory in the 1950 World Series when he was 21.

– George Vecsey

Opportunities are running out, and this is the do-or-die situation when the ball is in your hands, and you can either help your team to victory or not. And so I want to be in those situations. I think about them, and almost look forward to them.

– Eli Manning

The life of the individual is a continuous combat with errors and obstacles, and no victory is more satisfying than the one achieved against opposition.

– Gustav Stresemann

Shell Oil’s decision to pull the plug on drilling for oil in the Chukchi Sea is a major victory for the Arctic.

– Frances Beinecke

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.

– Plato

I learned this about coaching: You don’t have to explain victory and you can’t explain defeat.

– Darrell Royal

Defeat may serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out.

– Edwin Markham

I think people relate to the person who gets knocked down or maybe has to come from behind and get that victory.

– Miesha Tate

Our focus is on electing Hillary Clinton, Tim Kaine and Democrats across the country, thanks to Democratic Party that is strong, unified, and poised for victory in November.

– Donna Brazile

There’s a victory in letting go of your expectations.

– Mike White

Looking back, I’m almost happy I lost that fight. Just imagine if I would have come back to Germany with a victory. I had nothing to do with the Nazis, but they would have given me a medal. After the war I might have been considered a war criminal.

– Max Schmeling

The Japanese scored an important victory at Pearl Harbor, but the attack pulled the United States into World War II, and four years later, Japan was in ruins, utterly defeated.

– Peter L. Bergen

Winning in Monaco is always special. That track has always been good to me. I won there in Formula 3000, battled for the victory with Williams in 2006 and now I’ve won two of the last three grands prix there.

– Mark Webber

I think England are probably not as streetwise as plenty of other teams. The other top teams know how to keep a victory or do certain things to hang on to leads or get back in games. They’re a lot more streetwise than us. I think as a nation we are very honest, we try to win the right way.

– Michael Owen

This was a special week and a special victory for me. I played some great tennis.

– Marin Cilic

In 1918, Germany suffered the ghastly consequences of defeat; France suffered those of victory, the price of which was to divide and embitter French politics and culture and lead to its defeat in 1940.

– Michael Korda

Chess is a sport. The main object in the game of chess remains the achievement of victory.

– Max Euwe

It’s important in life to celebrate any victory in life.

– Jillian Michaels

Victory is everything. You can spend the money but you can never spend the memories.

– Ken Venturi

Some defeats are only installments to victory.

– Jacob Riis

To be prepared is half the victory.

– Miguel de Cervantes

Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory.

– Mahatma Gandhi

When running to fill a time quota, however, the reverse happens. You can’t make that time pass any faster by rushing, so you settle into a pace that feels right to you at the moment. Each minute above a quota is a little victory.

– Joe Henderson

I have never cheated anybody out of a victory, I have worked hard for every single race that I have won.

– Lizzie Armitstead

Great God of the Ants, thou hast granted victory to thy servants. I appoint thee honorary Colonel.

– Karel Capek

Play like you’re positive on the victory, even though they’re leading big now.

– Knute Rockne

Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory.

– Miguel de Cervantes

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