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The Center for Artificial Indifference

Win, Lose, or Draw…

Winning is not everything, but wanting to win is. — Vince Lombardi

Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing. — Vince Lombardi

If winning isn’t everything, why do they keep score? — Vince Lombardi

Winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing. — Attributed to both Vince Lombardi and Red Sanders, Vanderbilt University Football Coach

Winning may not be everything, but losing has little to recommend it.
— Dianne Feinstein

There’s nothing to winning, really. That is, if you happen to be blessed with a keen eye, an agile mind, and no scruples whatsoever. — Alfred Hitchcock

I figure you have the same chance of winning the lottery whether you play or not. — Fran Lebowitz

They says it’s not whether you win or lose, but how you play the game. Then why do we spend so much money on scoreboards? — Bro. Dave Gardner

Second place is also a loser — Unknown

6 Comments so far

  1. Joy January 18th, 2007 10:45 pm

    Vince Lombardi….loved that guy. He gets my vote for “Best Quoach Of All Time.”

    Losing is just a no win situation. - Joy

  2. John B. January 19th, 2007 6:50 am

    Winston,
    This is a nice compendium of quotes.

    It reminded me of this e.e. cummings poem:

    nobody loses all the time

    i had an uncle named
    Sol who was a born failure and
    nearly everybody said he should have gone
    into vaudeville perhaps because my Uncle Sol could
    sing McCann He Was A Diver on Xmas Eve like Hell Itself which
    may or may not account for the fact that my Uncle

    Sol indulged in that possibly most inexcusable
    of all to use a highfalootin phrase
    luxuries that is or to
    wit farming and be
    it needlessly
    added

    my Uncle Sol’s farm
    failed because the chickens
    ate the vegetables so
    my Uncle Sol had a
    chicken farm till the
    skunks ate the chickens when

    my Uncle Sol
    had a skunk farm but
    the skunks caught cold and
    died and so
    my Uncle Sol imitated the
    skunks in a subtle manner

    or by drowning himself in the watertank
    but somebody who’d given my Uncle Sol a Victor
    Victrola and records while he lived presented to
    him upon the auspicious occasion of his decease a
    scruptious not to mention splendiferous funeral with
    tall boys in black gloves and flowers and everything and
    i remember we all cried like the Missouri
    when my Uncle Sol’s coffin lurched because
    somebody pressed a button
    (and down went
    my Uncle
    Sol

    and started a worm farm)

    — E. E. Cummings

  3. Stu Savory January 19th, 2007 11:04 am

    An apple a day
    keeps the WIN away ;-)

  4. jr January 19th, 2007 12:11 pm

    I always liked:

    Winning isn’t everything but is way out in front of whatever is in second place.

  5. Em January 19th, 2007 8:48 pm

    Sounds like you are gearing up for the NFL Championships this Sunday! Win or go home!

  6. JW August 16th, 2007 12:31 pm

    “We can’t guarantee success, but we can deserve it.”
    -(unknown)(but I heard Mike Ditka say it)