Woody Hayes Quotes

When I won my first trophy, it was just a feeling of 'we want more.'

I used to think that losing made you more hungry and determined but after my success at the Olympics and the U.S. Open I realise that winning is the biggest motivation.

One way to keep momentum going is to have constantly greater goals.

If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven't done anything today.

When I need to push myself, I think of all those nicely polished trophies waiting to be lifted up by the winner - and how that winner might be me.

I started out with a dream to make a star in a jar in my garage, and I ended up meeting the President of the United States!

Once you win something, yeah, you enjoy it. But then it's on to the next game.

I don't look at it like I've had a lot of success. I'm always hungry to do more, break records, and things of that sort.

Winning is motivation.

My biggest motivation is knowing what it feels like to win medals and thinking that I want that feeling again. It was incredible to succeed in Beijing and come home to your whole country behind you but, importantly, all your family and friends.

I think anyone in life, everyone in the world, no matter what work they do, they should think of wanting to get on, to win, improve.

All I've got to say is I'm in the top 15, I'm not taking any backwards steps.

When you win something, once, twice, three times, and you have that feeling, that pushes you forward again. You want to win more and more and more.

You grow when there are trophies in your trophy cabinet. I hope to achieve that here in Naples.

I motivate myself by the desire to win more trophies.

Perhaps I should just motivate myself by buying trophy cabinets - so I have to fill them.

The way to get things done is to stimulate competition. I do not mean in a sordid, money-getting way, but in the desire to excel.

Leaders love progress.

No matter what the competition is, I try to find a goal that day and better that goal.

A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.

The Girl Scouts is an organization that constantly gives you new goals to achieve and that's what life is all about.

Everybody likes to win.

I don't think success is harmful, as so many people say. Rather, I believe it indispensable to talent, if for nothing else than to increase the talent.

In terms of achievement, the pride is very important to me. It keeps me going every day. The money is always second to me.

Even though I am extremely blessed to have accomplished many of my goals at such a young age, I am still reaching, still striving.