Graeme Souness Quotes

As you get older you play in more important games and that is when you start thinking about what will happen if you win or lose.

No one remembers who came in second.

The thing I love about politics and sports is that there is an end goal - winning - and there are indeed winners and losers.

I think second place is the first loser in the competition.

When you are in the second position and you want to be champions, you are always under pressure.

Every great player is more outstanding in the victory, but has more pressure in defeats.

When you taste first place, if you then go and finish fourth, you will be disappointed.

I am never happy if we are not winning.

You don't go into coaching if you're not willing to step into that moment and go, 'OK, this is what it's going to take, and this is why you do it.' Everything hinges on winning and losing, right?

No one is going to remember a second-place team.

I wasn't sure I'd ever win again. Every time I got close, somebody seemed to play a little better.

I grew up playing sports. There is a clear line between success and failure.

I enjoy watching competitive people. You watch 'em come and you watch 'em go, and how they try to be the best. How they handle when they're not. How they handle when they are. How they get along together on the court.

It's nice to be in first place. But just because you're not on a winner doesn't mean you're a loser.

Winning isn't everything, but it beats anything that comes in second.

I'm a competitive type of person, whether it's playing a game of basketball or playing business games.

I'm not a first-place person.

It's not life or death it's a game and at the end of the game there is going to be a winner and a loser.

Winning isn't everything, but it beats anything in second place.

I feel like in order for our team to have the upper hand, I have to play extremely well, and I have to bring the rest of the team with me. That's how I feel approaching every game.

Second place is just the first place loser.

If you're not a competitor, you've just got to go home.

No one remembers the runner-up!

If you want to be in the top teams, you know you have competition in your place.

It's rule number one, really - beating your teammate.