Winning

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To conquer without risk is to triumph without glory.

Pierre Corneille

Le Cid

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Topic

Winning Taking risks

Speaker

Don Gomes, Le Comte

Author

Pierre Corneille

Source

Le Cid

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragicomedy

Language

French

Time

1636 1630s 17th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Corneille, Pierre. Le Cid. Dec. 1636, Theatre du Marais, Paris, France, act 2, sc. 2.

Current Citation

Corneille, Pierre. "The Cid." The Cid, Cinna, The Theatrical Illusion, translated by John Cairncross. Penguin Classics, 1976.

As always, victory will have a hundred fathers, but defeat will never be acknowledged by anyone at all.

Galeazzo Ciano

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Topic

Taking credit Winning and losing Winning Losing

Author

Galeazzo Ciano

Medium

Personal journal

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

Italian

Time

1942 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Ciano, Galeazzo. Diary entry. 9 Sept. 1942.

You play to win the game.

Herm Edwards

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Topic

Sports Winning Competition

Speaker

Herm Edwards

Medium

Press conference

Language

English

Time

2002 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Edwards, Herm. Spoken during New York Jets press conference. 30 Oct. 2002, Hempstead, NY, USA.

Winning isn’t everything...It’s the only thing.

Henry R. "Red" Sanders

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Topic

Winning

Speaker

Henry R. "Red" Sanders

Language

English

Time

1948 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Sanders, Henry R. Quoted in L.A. Times. 18 Oct. 1950. Originally spoken to the Quarterback Club. Luncheon. 1948, Tutwiler Hotel, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.

Those who know how to win are much more numerous than those who know how to make proper use of their victories.

Polybius

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Topic

Winning Lack of wisdom

Author

Polybius

Source

Histories (Polybius)

Genre

Historical literature

Language

Greek

Time

117 BC 110s BC 2nd century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Polybius. Ἱστορίαι [Histories]. c. 110 BC, bk. 10.

Current Citation

Polybius. The Histories, translated by W. R. Paton. Vol. 4, Loeb Classical Library, 1992, bk. 10.

Sometimes when you win, you really lose, and sometimes when you lose, you really win, and sometimes when you win or lose, you actually tie, and sometimes when you tie, you actually win or lose.

White Men Can't Jump

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Topic

Winning and losing Winning Losing

Speaker

Gloria Clemente

Actor

Rosie Perez

Source

White Men Can't Jump

Medium

Film

Genre

Sports (film) Sports comedy (film) Sports comedy Sports

Language

English

Time

1992 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

White Men Can't Jump. Directed by Ron Shelton, 20th Century Studios, 1992.

Nobody cares about the bronze or silver medals.

Buzz Aldrin

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Topic

Second place Winning

Speaker

Buzz Aldrin

Source

Vanity Fair

Medium

Interview Magazine

Language

English

Time

2010 2010s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Aldrin, Buzz. "Buzz Aldrin Is Not All That Impressed With Walking on the Moon." Interviewed by Eric Spitznagel. Vanity Fair, 25 June 2010.

I hate losing more than I even want to win.

Moneyball

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Topic

Winning and losing Winning Losing Competitiveness

Speaker

Billy Beane

Actor

Brad Pitt

Source

Moneyball

Medium

Film

Genre

Biography (film) Biography

Language

English

Time

2011 2010s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Moneyball. Directed by Bennett Miller, Columbia Pictures/Scott Ruding Productions/Michael De Luca Productions/Rachael Horovitz Productions/Plan B Entertainment, 2011.

If you win, you win. If you lose, you still win. There's no way you can lose.

Raging Bull

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Topic

Winning and losing Winning

Speaker

Joey LaMotta

Actor

Joe Pesci

Source

Raging Bull

Medium

Film

Genre

Sports (film) Biography (film) Sports Biography

Language

English

Time

1980 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Raging Bull. Directed by Martin Scorsese. Chartoff-Winkler Productions, Inc., 1980.

We're in the business of winning.

Friday Night Lights

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Topic

Winning Competition

Speaker

Coach Gary Gaines

Actor

Billy Bob Thornton

Source

Friday Night Lights

Medium

Film

Genre

Sports (film) Drama (film) Sports Drama

Language

English

Time

2004 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Friday Night Lights. Directed by Peter Berg, Imagine Entertainment, 2004.

Americans love a winner and will not tolerate a loser. Americans play to win all the time. I wouldn't give a hoot in hell for a man who lost and laughed. That's why Americans have never lost and will never lose a war. Because the very thought of losing is hateful to Americans.

Patton

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Topic

Winning and losing Winning American character War World War II

Speaker

General George S. Patton

Actor

George C. Scott

Source

Patton

Medium

Film

Genre

Biography (film) War (film) Biography War

Language

English

Time

1969 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Patton. Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner. 20th Century Fox, 1969.

The important thing in life is not the victory but the contest; the essential thing is not to have won but to have fought well.

Baron Pierre de Coubertin

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Topic

Winning

Speaker

Baron Pierre de Coubertin

Medium

Speech

Language

French

Time

1908 1900s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

De Coubertin, Pierre. Banquet given by the British Government. 24 July 1908, Grafton Galleries, London, England, UK.