“The Heisman attention has definitely been a little bit of a surprise. It's been out of my hands. It's something I'm not focused on. I'm focused on the season and trying to win as many games as possible.” TryingLittlesHandsGamesWinningBitsAttentionLittle BitSeasonsSurpriseFocused Author:Johnny Manziel
“Horseshoes are lucky. Horses have four bits of lucky nailed to their feet. They should be the luckiest animals in the world. They should rule the country. They should win all their horse races, at least. 'In the fifth race today, every single horse was first equal...one horse threw a shoe came in third...the duck was ninth...and five ran.'” WorldShouldFirstsCountryTodayWinningBitsAnimalRaceFiveFourFeetLuckyEqualThirdsHorseShoesRanDucksFifthHorseshoes Author:Eddie Izzard
“If I took over the 'Glamour' offices for a day, I would put Joe Pesci on the cover. I would say 'We've got to change all these magazines a little bit. We have to bring out a different version of what is, like, cool. You know, what's winning. Joe Pesci, Burt Reynolds.” IfsKnowsLittlesDifferentWinningBitsOfficeLittle BitVersionsMagazinesGlamour Author:Jake M. Johnson
“You don't win an Olympic gold medal with a few weeks of intensive training. There's no such thing as an overnight opera sensation. Great law firms or design companies don't spring up overnight... Every great company, every great brand, and every great career has been built in exactly the same way: bit by bit, step by step, little by little.” WayLittlesHas BeensMotivationalLawWinningBitsCompanyStepsCareersWeekDesignSpringTrainingBuiltGoldBrandsFirmSensationsOperaMedalGold MedalsGreat CompanyLaw Firms Author:Seth Godin
“You have to have like a bit of amnesia both on the winning side and the losing side of this thing... On the losing side you need to be able to forget a loss to be able to move on and to be successful in your next fight. But on the winning side you need to be able to forget a win so you don't get stuck in this pattern of like, "I'm unstoppable". So there has to be a level of amnesia for a fighter.” NeedsAbleMovingFightingNextWinningBitsSidesLossForgetLevelsSuccessfulLosingPatternsStuckFighterBeing SuccessfulMmaAmnesiaUnstoppable Author:Rich Franklin
“We cannot win in team situations or in relationships by ourselves. It is like trying to pick up a pencil with only one finger...Even if that one finger is extremely strong, it will prove almost impossible to pick up that pencil unless you use your other fingers or some other part of your hand. Teamwork is a bit like using all of your fingers. Each one is unique and contributes something different, but they unite in pursuit of a common goal.” IfsTryingDifferentUseHandsWinningStrongBitsGoalCommonSituationImpossibleTeamProveUniquePicksFingersPursuitTeamworkPencilsCommon Goal Author:Terry Orlick
“I'd much rather win in three or four sets than go the distance all the time. I seem to put everyone through the wringer quite a bit.” SeemsThreeWinningBitsFourDistance Author:Lleyton Hewitt
“Every bit as visceral and hypnotic as its award-winning predecessor, On the Ropes is a tour-de-force of fluid, yet detailed storytelling.” WinningForceBitsStorytellingAwardsRopeFluidPredecessorsVisceralHypnoticAward Winning Author:Dave Gibbons
“Trying to do what your competitors are doing but basically a little bit better is probably not going to be the winning strategy. The problem is finding what your competitors wouldnt even consider doing.” TryingLittlesProblemWinningBitsFindingsLittle BitStrategyCompetitors Author:Jamais Cascio
“I have always believed that you win as part of a team effort. I've learned that if everybody does a little bit, it adds up to a lot.” IfsLittlesDoeWinningBitsEffortTeamLittle BitAddI've LearnedAlways BelieveTeam Effort Author:Jim Harbaugh
“This means that if a person fulfills his or her vocation as a steelmaker, attorney, or homemaker coram Deo, then that person is acting every bit as religiously as a soul-winning evangelist who fulfills his vocation. It means that David was as religious when he obeyed God’s call to be a shepherd as he was when he was anointed with the special grace of kingship. It means that Jesus was every bit as religious when He worked in His father’s carpenter shop as He was in the Garden of Gethsemane.” IfsMeanPersonsSoulFatherJesusWinningBitsReligiousActingGraceSpecialGardenShopsVocationAttorneyShepherdsCarpenterEvangelistsHomemakerGethsemaneKingshipSoul Winning Author:R. C. Sproul
“Wimbledon is getting a bit too like Royal Ascot. It's not what happens or who wins so much, as what clothes do I have on.” HappensWinningBitsClothesTennisRoyalWimbledon Author:David Lloyd
“In this rigged, two-party system, third parties almost never win a national election. It's obvious what our function is in this constricted oligarchy of two corporate-indentured parties - to push hitherto taboo issues onto the public stage, to build for a future, to get a young generation in, keep the progressive agenda alive, push the two parties a little bit on this issue and that.” LittlesTwoYoungWinningBitsPartyIssuesAliveGenerationsStageLittle BitThirdsFunctionElectionObviousCorporateAgendasProgressiveTabooOligarchyRiggedThird PartiesYoung GenerationTwo Party System Author:Ralph Nader