Al Oerter Quotes

To be a good loser is to learn how to win.

I don't know anything that builds the will to win better than competitive sports.

The main reason I'm in this sport is not to run mouths and make posts on Twitter and stuff. It's to compete.

Don't let winning make you soft. Don't let losing make you quit. Don't let your teammates down in any situation.

I don't like to lose, and that isn't so much because it is just a football game, but because defeat means the failure to reach your objective. I don't want a football player who doesn't take defeat to heart, who laughs it off with the thought, "Oh, well, there's another Saturday." The trouble in American life today, in business as well as in sports, is that too many people are afraid of competition. The result is that in some circles people have come to sneer at success if it costs hard work and training and sacrifice.

The more criticism I get, the more it gives me a stronger urge to win. So I try harder.

As a sportsman, you always play to win. Having said that, it's not possible to win every day. There will be days when you will do well and there will be days you won't.

I'm going to go out and try to be the best player I can be and help the Chicago Bears win.

You always dream of going to the Olympics and winning gold. I've learned over the years that there are lots of gold medals, but certain stories stick out and make a difference.

Don't matter what they throw at us. Only angry people win football games.

When I'm playing in a close game, I'm out on the floor only trying to help the team win.

Any time you can go out and compete is better than getting on a practice court.

My challenge is to win every match I play.

In the end, every coach wants the same - that's to win.

I don't care what you do in life. To say that that year I was the absolute best, especially when you're in a team sport - and I have more of a personality that I wished I would've played an individual sport - to win a championship, to get 60 people and focused in one direction and do it over a seven-month period is phenomenal.

Winning is the easiest thing that I ever did in the NBA, but being able to come to the realization of what it means to compete in this league no matter what - win, lose or draw - was the most difficult thing.

It's basketball. At the end of the day everyone wants to win, and that's really the reason why we play is to win.

When I was coaching, I wasn't worried about what I was making. I was worried about winning a championship.

My only focus is on our games and my performances - they are the most important things.

I just want to play well, and I want to win.

You visualize making a game-changing play, that's what you're here for.

I think most of my lessons come from sports. That's why I always emphasise to young kids to get involved in sports because it's where you learn about discipline. It's where you learn to keep going, where if you think you can't make it, you can.

Part of being a champ is acting like a champ. You have to learn how to win and not run away when you lose. Everyone has bad stretches and real successes. Either way, you have to be careful not to lose your confidence or get to confident.

Natural talent only determines the limits of your athletic potential. It's dedication and a willingness to discipline your life that makes you great.

I'm trying as hard as I possibly can each and every day to get my life better and better and stronger. And if I win championships along the way, so be it.