Top 40 Winning Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “Everyone Has A Will To Win But Very Few Have The Will To Prepare To Win.”

— Vince Lombardi

2. “You will never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine.”

— John C. Maxwell

Also featured in: Success Quotes

3. “You will win if you don’t quit.”

— Les Brown

Also featured in: Quitting Quotes

4. “Trust me I never lose. Either I win or learn from it.”

— Tupac Shakur

5. “To win any battle, you must fight as if you are already dead.”

— Miyamoto Musashi

Also featured in: Fighting Quotes

6. “Don’t let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning.”

— Robert T. Kiyosaki

7. “The rich are those who play to win. The middle class plays not to lose.”

— Robert T. Kiyosaki

8. “The person that works the hardest wins.”

— Will Smith

9. “I am not designed to come second or third. I am designed to win.”

— Ayrton Senna

10. “You can’t win unless you first begin. So start now.”

— Robin S. Sharma

Also featured in: Firsts Quotes

11. “Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn.”

— Robert T. Kiyosaki

12. “Don’t just accept whatever comes your way in life. You were born to win; you were born for greatness; you were created to be a champion in life.”

— Joel Osteen

Also featured in: Greatness Quotes

13. “Wanting to win isn’t enough. You have to go through a process to improve. That takes patience, perseverance, and intentionality.”

— John C. Maxwell

Also featured in: Perseverance Quotes

14. “When you move your focus from competition to contribution life becomes a celebration. Never try to defeat people, just win their hearts.”

— Buddha

Also featured in: Moving Quotes

15. “I play to win, whether during practice or a real game.”

— Michael Jordan

Also featured in: Real Quotes

16. “The only reason a warrior is alive is to fight, and the only reason a warrior fights is to win.”

— Miyamoto Musashi

Also featured in: Fighting Quotes

17. “Born to lose. Live to win.”

— Lemmy Kilmister

18. “Success is almost totally dependent upon drive and persistence. The extra energy required to make another effort or try another approach is the secret of winning.”

— Denis Waitley

19. “Remember that it is not the lawyer who knows the most law, but the one who best prepares his case, who wins.”

— Napoleon Hill

20. “Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.”

— Stephen King

Also featured in: Real Quotes, Hate Quotes

21. “It’s not over until you win.”

— Les Brown

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes

22. “If winning isn't everything, why do they keep score?”

— Vince Lombardi

Also featured in: Sports Quotes

23. “Too many people want the appearance of winning rather than the practices and hard work that create a true champion.”

— T.D. Jakes

Also featured in: Hard Work Quotes, Practice Quotes

24. “If I persist long enough I will win.”

— Og Mandino

25. “If you think and achieve as a team, the individual accolades will take care of themselves. Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.”

— Michael Jordan

Also featured in: Teamwork Quotes

26. “Courage is the discovery that you may not win, and trying when you know you can lose.”

— Tom Krause

27. “You sleep on a win and you’ll wake up with a loss.”

— Conor McGregor

Also featured in: Sleep Quotes

28. “I was born to race and to win.”

— Lewis Hamilton

29. “Success is not a sometimes thing. In other words, you don’t do what is right once in awhile, but all the time. Success is a habit. Winning is a habit.”

— Vince Lombardi

Also featured in: Habit Quotes

30. “The future is ours to win. But to get there we can’t just stand still...”

— Barack Obama

31. “They never said winning was easy.”

— DJ Khaled

32. “Never play with the feelings of others. Because you may win the game but the risk is that you will surely lose the person for a life time.”

— William Shakespeare

Also featured in: Quotes About Feelings

33. “If you think you are beaten, you are. If you think you dare not, you don’t. If you’d like to win, but you think you can’t, it is almost a cinch that you won’t.”

— Walter D. Wintle

34. “Vulnerability is not about winning, and it’s not about losing. It’s about having the courage to show up and be seen.”

— Brené Brown

35. “You win battles by knowing the enemy’s timing, and using a timing which the enemy does not expect.”

— Miyamoto Musashi

Also featured in: MMA Quotes

36. “I think whether you’re having setbacks or not, the role of a leader is to always display a winning attitude.”

— Colin Powell

Also featured in: Attitude Quotes

37. “I would tell players to relax and never think about what’s at stake. Just think about the basketball game. If you start to think about who is going to win the championship, you’ve lost your focus.”

— Michael Jordan

Also featured in: Basketball Quotes

38. “You’ve got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.”

— Arthur Ashe

39. “You can win the rat race but you’re still a rat.”

— Banksy

40. “Oh the places you’ll go! There is fun to be done! There are points to be scored. There are games to be won. And the magical things you can do with that ball will make you the winning-est winner of all.”

— Dr. Seuss

Also featured in: Fun Quotes