Simon Cowell Quotes

I'm allergic to coming in second but I never sneeze.

The No. 1 thing is you want to be able to win the game, and we're going to do whatever we have to do to win the game.

There is no such thing as second place. Either you're first or you're nothing.

Clearly, when you win everything, it's fun. That doesn't necessarily mean you love the game more.

If you are first you are first. If you are second you are nothing.

Any other business, you want your competitors to go out of business. In sports, you just don't want them to have as good a record as you do.

Our objective is always to win. Every day, every game, and every competition.

Any race I go into, I've always got the attitude of throwing myself into and wanting nothing but No. 1.

Everybody can win things with 25 superstars in the squad.

In Brazil, you know that only first place counts; in other countries, you might celebrate coming second, third, or fourth, but not in Brazil.

Whenever you go into a game, you want to win, and you want to come out victorious in any way.

Any point you can get is an important one.

I think winning games is my biggest asset, knowing how to win.

It's a lot more fun when you're winning than losing.

I outwit them, and then I outhit them

You never win the silver, you only lose the gold

The thing it taught me was that winning's a helluva lot more fun than losing. It also taught me that the team with the best players that worked together the best wins.

I am not one of those who think that coming in second or third is winning.

Don't try to be a hero. Try to be a winner.

I think the greatest thing about playing obviously is winning, and you can't replace that experience with anything.

Today it was win or lose. But my victory yesterday and the downhill globe boosted my confidence. My record in Cortina was also a liberation.

I much preferred winning to thinking and I didn't like losing at all.

Whoever said "It's not whether you win or lose but how you play the game" is full of it! Winning makes all the difference in the world. Winning is fun. Losing is not. Losing sucks.

I think people just love to win.

Winning is a lot of fun. I remember having a meeting a couple years ago and telling the guys: 'You're not enjoying yourselves.' O'Neill said to me afterwards, 'Skip, it's not fun unless you win.'