Kenneth C. Griffin Quotes

Only so many can succeed. Only one can be number one.

You have to beat the king to be the king. No one is going to hand you a gold medal.

I like competing. I like going head to head, the best man wins.

It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.

To be the man, you gotta beat the man!

It's not quite as important who you beat as that you end up on top.

It is necessary for me to establish a winner image. Therefore, I have to beat somebody.

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

I see life and the world simply as an arena for competition. That's just what people do, and there are always going to be winners and losers.

It's only first place in NHL. Nobody remembers who's second place. Everyone remembers the winner.

I do what I do best - and that's take it away from every one else.

It's what kings do. If you want to be the best, you have to beat the best.

There's no second-place winners in this league.

I love competing. I am so competitive. I definitely need to win because I hate losing. I am the type who if I know I will lose I won't compete.

I want all the gold that there is out there — everything that exists in figure skating. In all events, in all competitions.

From nobody to upstart. From upstart to contender. From contender to winner. From winner to champion. From champion to Dynasty.

It was as if we had beaten a country, more than just a football team.

I don't ever remember them telling us or teaching us that the only way we could be more successful is if other people were less successful. They never inculcated the belief that somehow, in order for us to climb the ladder, other people have to come down from the ladder.

In order to be the man, you have to beat the man.

If you can beat New Zealand, then you're probably going to win the World Cup.

We want to win. We want to win big. We want to win the whole thing.

Somebody's gotta win and somebody's gotta lose and I believe in letting the other guy lose.

Without losers, where would the winners be?

I'd like to just win everything. It would just be awesome.

Winning isn't always championships.