Win or lose you will never regret working hard, making sacrifices, being disciplined or focusing too much. Success is measured by what we have done to prepare for competition.
— John Smith
Tremendous Prepare To Win quotations
You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.
Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win.
It's not the will to win that matters-everyone has that.
It's the will to prepare to win that matters.
The mindset of a champion is that I put myself in a certain situation to win, I don't play to lose, I dont prepare to lose, I hate second place and I definitely don't like silver.
Everyone Has A Will To Win But Very Few Have The Will To Prepare To Win
Success is won by those who believe in winning & then prepare for that moment.
Many want to win, but how many prepare? That is the big difference. A sound value system held water then, holds water today, and will hold water in the future.
The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.
When I was preparing for one term's work in the Botvinnik school I had to spend a lot of time on king and pawn endings. So when I came to a tricky position in my own games I knew the winning method.
This is beyond understanding." said the king. "You are the wisest man alive. You know what is preparing. Why do you not make a plan to save yourself?" And Merlin said quietly, "Because I am wise. In the combat between wisdom and feeling, wisdom never wins.
He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared.
You have no choices about how you lose, but you do have a choice about how you come back and prepare to win again.
The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare.
I never did. I only prepared to win the next day.
You can make all the excuses you want, but if you're not mentally tough and you're not prepared to play every night, you're not going to win.
Instead of wanting to win, we expected to win.
There's a lifetime between wanting something and expecting something. When you expect something, it means you've prepared, done the work, and EXPECT TO WIN!!
We talk in coaching about "winners" - kids, and I've had a lot of them, who just will not allow themselves or their team to lose. Coaches call that a will to win. I don't. I think that puts the emphasis in the wrong place. Everybody has a will to win. What's far more important is having the will to prepare to win.
The most interesting thing about this sport, at least to me, it the activity of preparation-any aspect of preparation for the games. The thrill isn't in the winning, it's in the doing.
We've created a multitrillion-dollar edifice for dispensing the medical equivalent of lottery tickets - and have only the rudiments of a system to prepare patients for the near certainty that those tickets will not win. Hope is not a plan, but hope is our plan.
You have a choice. You can throw in the towel, or you can use it to wipe the sweat off of your face. Gatorade ad The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare.
Yes, winning the gold medal was undoubtedly the biggest day of my career - mostly because I won the way I had prepared to run it. It was a totally satisfying experience.
Champions do not become champions when they win the event, but in the hours, weeks, months and years they spend preparing for it. The victorious performance itself is merely the demonstration of their championship character.
It's not the will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes the difference.
The challenge is not to get caught up in the hoopla.
To understand what goes into winning - stay focused, you've got to be prepared, you need an edge. If you get lost in all the other stuff you're not going to be prepared to play well.
We need to have preparation to win. A disciplined team will win more close games over a period of time.
You don't have to win to be a winner.
If you give 100 percent, getting yourself mentally and physically prepared to play the game, if you look in the mirror and can say you give it everything to win, that's it. You're not going to win every time.
If I don't do what I need to do to win, I won't win, no matter who is on the other side of the net.
Prepare like no other, know that there was nothing left for you to do when it's all said and done. This way a loss is just a stat. The better man will always win if he prepared like no other.
It is heroic to prepare for war with a tyrant power.
Patriots will always win the admiration of mankind for daring to meet the bloodshed of battle for their country's liberty. But the patriot who is willing to go to that sacrifice will be the first to condemn the aimless and secret shedding of blood in time of peace.
Creating a top team and being in a position to win the Tour de France will give me a nice feeling. But I know it is not easy to create a top team from zero. You need good riders, good staff, a lot of preparation and, most important, a lot of sponsors.
Set your business plan to win; raise the bar or you're not going to be prepared. You need to think that what you're doing will make you $100 million.
The preparation, commitment and desire to win will be no less than the last time I drove a grand prix car in anger.
I don't think about it, 'Wow! I'm the quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys.
' For me, this is my job. This is what I've been preparing to do. And I really want to win badly.
Everyone wants to win, but not everyone is willing to prepare to win.
In order to win you must be prepared to lose something. And leave one or two cards showing.