Rogers Hornsby Quotes

I don't like losing. I don't like to be in a losing position, and I show this a lot. I demonstrate on the pitch.

That's the great thing about sports: You play to win, and I don't care if you don't have any wins. You go play to win. When you start telling me it doesn't matter, then retire. Get out. 'Cause it matters.

I always tried to win. I was as competitive as I am today.

My whole life I've hated to lose, no doubt about it. I've been guilty of that since I was 6 years old, at camp. I have always played to win. That's who I am. But I never hurt anybody. The problem is when you're perceived as being too aggressive where you hurt somebody or do something improper.

When I go out there, I have no pity on my brother. I'm out there to win.

It kills me to lose. If I'm a troublemaker, and I don't think that my temper makes me one, then it's because I can't stand losing. That's the way I am about winning, all I ever wanted to do was finish first.

I always had that, even when I was a kid in a go-kart or when I was playing soccer or tennis: that need of winning. It was there all my life, and it's still there now.

I'm just super competitive. Squash, tennis, water skiing, computer games... Even if I played you at pool, I'd have to win.

I'm not a player any more, I'm a fan, and I want to see somebody who wants to win and wants to fight.

Every time we play for Pakistan, we are playing to win.

I'm confident I can show exactly what I'm about, how much I care about football, and how I'd do anything to win.

I don't step back, that's football. It's about winning.

I'm a very competitive type, so I want to win the fight first of everything.

I don't think anyone wants to win more than I do.

I just try to win the match by fighting for every point, and running down every ball.

You don't go into the game to compete. You go into each game to win.

I've always had that obsessive will to win and a commitment to excellence.

I believe I'm a born winner. I always think about winning.

About winning and losing: It isn't important, what really counts is how you play the game. About playing the game: PLAY TO WIN!

Ever since I was a little kid, the last thing I wanted to do was lose. I hated losing. I still hate it. I guess you can see that when I'm out there.

Some guys are admired for coming to play, as the saying goes. I prefer those who come to kill.

In anything, I always give my all. I'm not a good loser.

I play to win, whether during practice or a real game. And I will not let anything get in the way of me and my competitive enthusiasm to win.

People just don't understand how obsessed I am with winning.

The true competitors, though, are the ones who always play to win.