Winning Culture Quotes

Americans love a winner. Americans will not tolerate a loser. Americans despise cowards. Americans play to win all of the time. I wouldn't give a hoot in hell for a man who lost and laughed. That's why Americans have never lost nor will ever lose a war; for the very idea of losing is hateful to an American.

In winning companies, everybody pulls in the same direction.

People don't understand why guys keep coming back, why a lot of older players who played for the Celtics keep coming back. It's the tradition.

I wanted to go somewhere and make a name for myself. I wanted to go somewhere and establish a winning culture because everybody knows about the football team. So I wanted to change the culture and make it both basketball as well as football and just give the fans what they want in Tuscaloosa.

I don't think there's any point going for second or third.

I think there's a lot of different ways to win. You've seen teams that win championships with a super-duper star like Kobe Bryant. Those championship teams with Michael Jordan certainly had a great, great player.

Nobody remembers who finished second but the guy who finished second.

I play basketball to win a championship. That championship is everything to me. And that's what gets people to buy in to your brand - being a winner.

Of course, it's a huge luxury having LeBron on our team. At the same time, we have to be ready to play and we have to do our job.

You work hard and you drill daily all the habits that you need to win at basketball and you're going to create a winning culture.

This is a tremendous opportunity to be named head coach of the Brooklyn Nets, and it's a role I have been studying for over the course of my playing days.

America loves a winner, and will not tolerate a loser, this is why America has never, and will never, lose a war.

I think it takes different types of winners to maintain a winning culture.

Bayern are a club where success is demanded, and second place isn't particularly appreciated. We have a history and culture to respect.

I don't believe that playing video games in the locker room is part of earning the right to win.

You want to win in the NBA you want to build a culture and teams will always do that and try to win. It's cutthroat. All 30 teams want to be that way whether they are rebuilding, have young players, have a style of play. It doesn't matter, everybody wants to win.

Each year, you are playing to win. That is Manchester's culture.

I'm all about winning. It doesn't matter if I start, or if I don't start, if I play or if I don't play. As long as we're winning, that's all I care about.

I have let down many in Cleveland - my Browns teammates, our hard-working coaching staff, the team's ownership, and the loyal fan base that wants nothing more than to win. Playing there is different than in many other cities. We feel the fans pain.

Obviously you have LeBron, the best player in the world, all the attention is on him. A lot of the wins and losses are targeted towards him.

Sports is such a cyclical thing; it's often feast or famine. But what you try and do as an owner is build a winning organization.

So, I didn't say we are going to win a lot, but we are going to play like winners, and we've got a plan in place to teach our guys how to play like winners and play like a champion.

I'm all in on the Los Angeles Clippers. We're moving forward. We've got to work to be the best we can be to take advantage of all the assets in the community.

I think, as an owner, you really want to do the team right, the fans right, and the community right and build a winning organization.

Players alone don't win championships. It takes an entire organization. Someone has to acquire the players. Someone has to coach them. Someone has to generate revenue to pay them. But at the end of the day, the players are the ones who put their minds and bodies on the line to win.