Quotes on Desire To Win

If a Coach is determined to stay in the coaching profession, he will develop from year to year. This much is true, no coach has a monopoly on the knowledge of basketball. There are no secrets in the game. The only secrets, if there are any, are good teaching of sound fundamentals, intelligent handling of men, a sound system of play, and the ability to instill in the boys a desire to win.

Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win - essential to success.

There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.

The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur.

Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.

You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.

I am lucky that whatever fear I have inside me, my desire to win is always stronger.

I don't pretend there aren't biological differences, but I don't believe the desire for leadership is hardwired biology, not the desire to win or excel. I believe that it's socialization, that we're socializing our daughters to nurture and our boys to lead.

The spirit is the true self. The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure.

The best way to sell yourself to others is first to sell the others to yourself.

One must marry one's feelings to one's beliefs and ideas. That is probably the only way to achieve a measure of harmony in one's life.

The starting point of all achievement is desire.