I never did say that you can't be a nice guy and win. I said that if I was playing read more

I never did say that you can't be a nice guy and win. I said that if I was playing third base and my mother rounded third with the winning run, I'd trip her up.

It is better to be defeated on principle than to win on lies.

It is better to be defeated on principle than to win on lies.

A champion needs a motivation above and beyond winning.

A champion needs a motivation above and beyond winning.

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

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

Sure I am this day we are masters of our fate, that the task which has been set before us read more

Sure I am this day we are masters of our fate, that the task which has been set before us is not above our strength; that its pangs and toils are not beyond our endurance. As long as we have faith in our own cause and an unconquerable will to win, victory will not be denied us.

Courage is as often the outcome of despair as of hope; in the one case we have nothing to lose, read more

Courage is as often the outcome of despair as of hope; in the one case we have nothing to lose, in the other, everything to gain

Sometimes you have to accept you can't win all the time.

Sometimes you have to accept you can't win all the time.

A man can seldom -- very, very, seldom -- fight a winning fight against his training; the odds are too read more

A man can seldom -- very, very, seldom -- fight a winning fight against his training; the odds are too heavy.

If you're not making mistakes, you're not taking risks, and that means you're not going anywhere. The key is to read more

If you're not making mistakes, you're not taking risks, and that means you're not going anywhere. The key is to make mistakes faster than the competition, so you have more changes to learn and win.