Ed McBain Quotes

I would like to win the Pulitzer Prize. I would like to win the Nobel Prize. I would like to win a Tony award for the Broadway musical I'm now working on. Aside from these, my aspirations are modest ones.

Ed McBain

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• I've got to win every race.

  

  Dale Earnhardt
  • Win
  • Race
  • Got

• I am a freestyle mogul skier who, on February 13, became the first American to win a gold medal at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.

  

  Hannah Kearney
  • American
  • Win
  • Gold

• Yesterday's home runs don't win today's games.

  

  Babe Ruth
  • Home
  • Today
  • Win

• The mistake I really learned from was in 2005, leading the Indianapolis 500. I had a decision whether or not to save enough fuel to finish the race - which meant slowing down - or going all-out for the win. I went conservative and saved enough fuel to go to the end but finished fourth.

  

  Danica Patrick
  • Decision
  • Mistake
  • End

• We always go into a game to win.

  

  Ottmar Hitzfeld
  • Game
  • Always
  • Win

• After winning the European Championship with Spain, I know exactly how it feels to win a major trophy, and I know that, if we can win at Liverpool, it will feel the same or even better than it did with Spain.

  

  Fernando Torres
  • Winning
  • Win
  • Same

• One person's going to win, and everybody else is going to not win. So let's not feel like we're losers. Let's utilize the cultural opportunities, get to know the other players on the other team, look around you, enjoy your world series.

  

  Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • World
  • Team
  • Win

• I'm always the underdog, and I go in there and win the fights.

  

  Rafael dos Anjos
  • Always
  • Win
  • Underdog

• I want to have fun. It's a beautiful life. You learn, you win, you lose, but you get up.

  

  Nas
  • Life
  • Up
  • Fun

• When e-commerce companies build scale, cost comes down. Companies that can handle scale and reduce costs over time will win. Margins will come from reducing costs over time and not by increasing prices. Technology is the answer at large scale.

  

  Sachin Bansal
  • Time
  • Technology
  • Win

• In tennis, you can have a bad set and still win. The part of track cycling that is difficult to find in other sports is that it's so final; there's no second chance if you make a mistake.

  

  Victoria Pendleton
  • Bad
  • Sports
  • Mistake

• I've got to believe I'm the first person to win the Newbery who has written a Harlequin romance!

  

  K. A. Applegate
  • Believe
  • Win
  • First

• Sure, I like to win when I play basketball or board games or video games, but my day isn't ruined if I lose. I'm always up for a rematch. In all seriousness, that's something that's nice about maturing.

  

  Aaron Staton
  • Up
  • Nice
  • Day

• Never let up. The more you can win by, the more doubts you put in the other players' minds the next time out.

  

  Sam Snead
  • Up
  • Time
  • Never

• Winning is obviously the biggest thing. Because if you don't win, nothing really matters. You can have all the money in the world, and they can still call you a loser.

  

  J. R. Smith
  • World
  • Money
  • Winning

• If you don't have good horses, it's very tough to win.

  

  Facundo Pieres
  • Good
  • Win
  • Tough

• It's nice to win. I'll never win again. I may have to take up golf - take on Tiger.

  

  Lance Armstrong
  • Up
  • May
  • Nice

• The only thing I really, really want is for the U.S. to win again. Just to win another team gold. And, of course I would really want to win an all-around gold.

  

  Carly Patterson
  • Team
  • Win
  • Gold

• I love the 1,500 meters. I knew that, if I had to do it to win, I'd run under 4:05. That means I could pick up 100 points, maybe even 150 points, on anybody in the world.

  

  Caitlyn Jenner
  • Up
  • World
  • Love

• At the end of the day, if you're a professional athlete in track and field you are the CEO of your company.

  

  Carl Lewis
  • Day
  • End
  • Professional

• If we open our eyes, if we open our minds, if we open our hearts, we will find that this world is a magical place. It is magical not because it tricks us or changes unexpectedly into something else, but because it can be so vividly and brilliantly.

  

  Chogyam Trungpa
  • World
  • Eyes
  • Changes

• I would like to win the Pulitzer Prize. I would like to win the Nobel Prize. I would like to win a Tony award for the Broadway musical I'm now working on. Aside from these, my aspirations are modest ones.

  

  Ed McBain
  • Win
  • Aspirations
  • Nobel Prize