FOOD FOR THOUGHT: WINNING

Winning is not a sometime thing; it's an all­the­time thing. You don't win once in a while, you don't do things right once in a while, you do them right all the time. Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing. I firmly believe that any man's finest hour ­- his greatest fulfillment to all he holds dear ­­ is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle -victorious ­­ Vince Lombardi.

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Every time you win, you are reborn; when you lose, you die a little ­­ George Allen.

Success has 100 fathers but failure is an orphan. ­­ John F. Kennedy.

When a winner makes a mistake, he says, "I was wrong"; when a loser makes mistakes, he says. "It wasn't my fault."

A winner works harder than a loser and has more time; a loser is always "too busy" to do what is necessary.

A winner says, "Let's find out." A loser says, "Nobody knows."

I'm a great competitor. I play to win, but I don't believe in playing to win at all costs ­­ Otto Graham.

Winning is not the most important thing; wanting to win is. ­­ Unknown.

Some are winners and some are losers. Only three things divide them all: total effort versus less than that; and understanding that winning is living. ­­ George Allen.

The average American thinks of himself as a very hard worker. However, psychologists and sociologists have shown that most people are operating at less than 50 percent of potential productivity. ­­ UF­VNNL.

Winners don't waste time and that applies to every walk of life. Every day you waste is one you can never make up. ­­ George Allen.

Failing to plan is almost as bad as planning to fail.

If your not using your knowledge all the time, you are losing it all the time.

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A hundred percent is not enough. To get 100 percent, you must aim for 110 percent. The world belongs to those who aim for 110 percent. ­­ George Allen.

It won't hurt you to work hard for something you want, but make sure that it is really you who wants it ­­ not merely your society, parents, teachers, neighbors ­- and then you can be a winner. ­­ Hans Selye, M. D.

Winning is liking your job so much that you enjoy coming to work every morning. ­­ UF­ UNNL.

The winner is the only individual who is truly alive. ­­ George Allen.