“Because of the audience I get and the fact that these people aren't traditional comics buyers I don't think the comic industry looks at that and thinks that is a very respectable thing. I'm very used to it. I'm not the guy who wins awards and gets mentioned in magazines.” PeopleThinkingLooksFactsUsedGuyWinningAudienceIndustryTraditionalMagazinesComicAwardsRespectableBuyers Author:Jhonen Vasquez
“I used to be a pre-industrial writer: thousands of words in a spurt and then a few days off. But as I get older, I've switched to a mode best described as 'slow and steady wins the race.' Basically, I write during the same four hours every day, after breakfast and the all-important coffee, generally in the same room and wearing the same pajamas.” WritingImportantUsedWinningHoursRoomsRaceFourCoffeeUsed To BeBreakfastSteadyDays OffPajamasSlow And Steady Author:Scott Westerfeld
“Listen, everything I did in my childhood was competitive. Everything we did my dad made it into a game to win. We used to drive my mum nuts.” MadeUsedGamesWinningChildhoodDadMy DadMade ItNutsMum Author:Lee Westwood
“Plagiarism has been around far longer than the Internet. In fact, I had a poem published in 'Seventeen' magazine when I was 15 years old. About a year later I was informed that there was a girl who used that same poem to win a statewide poetry competition in Alabama. It took months for people to put together that this had happened.” PeopleYearsHas BeensFactsTogetherUsedGirlWinningHappenedMonthsInternetCompetitionMagazinesSeventeenAlabamaPlagiarism Author:Megan McCafferty
“We used to say to the apartheid government: you may have the guns, you may have all this power, but you have already lost. Come: join the winning side. His Holiness and the Tibetan people are on the winning side.” PeopleMayGovernmentUsedWinningLostSidesGunHolinessApartheidTibetan Author:Desmond Tutu
“Football used to be my god but no longer is. I still love it, I'm still aggressive, I still want to be very successful at it, I want to win a lot of football games. And my job is to be the best football player in the world, because it affords me a life; it pays, it's my job, and so it hasn't dulled my senses for the game or the love or the great excitement I get from the game. It's just that I'm very much at peace with myself because of my faith.” WorldWantStillsJobsUsedGamesWinningPaySuccessfulPlayerFootballSensesUsed To BeExcitementBeing The BestAggressiveBest FootballFootball PlayerFootball Game Author:Terry Bradshaw
“I always used to say to players at half-time, 'Be patient. The last fifteen minutes throw the kitchen sink at them. It's worth a gamble'. You are going to lose the game anyway. There is nothing better than when you get to that last fifteen minutes and you actually win the game late on. The fans are going out of the gates I gave it a try and it worked.” TryingLastsUsedGamesWinningLosesHalfPlayerFansMinutesLatePatientKitchenGatesFifteenGoing OutBe PatientGambleHalf TimeKitchen Sinks Author:Alex Ferguson
“It's a little different being the older guys on the team. We are going to help get the young guys get comfortable. We'll have to get them used to what they will face out there this season. There are some good guys out there. They know what they have to do to win.” KnowsLittlesDifferentHelpingFacesYoungUsedGuyWinningTeamComfortableSeasonsTigersGood GuyLsuYoung GuysOlder Guys Author:Andrew Stevenson
“Celebration is big for me. From my younger days, when I used to win mementos while playing basketball, I have always believed in sharing my success. It has to be there. It lifts the energy levels of the entire side if you are positive and vocal when a wicket falls.” IfsBelieveImportantBigsSuccessUsedFallWinningEnergyI BelieveSidesLevelsSharePositivePositive ThinkingBasketballPositivityCelebrateLiftsPositive AttitudeCelebrationVocalAlways BelievePositive EnergyThink PositivePower Of Positive ThinkingPositive InspirationalPlaying BasketballMementoEnergy LevelsYounger Days Author:Suresh Raina
“If e'er I win a parting token, 'Tis something that has lost its power-- A chain that has been used and broken, A ruin'd glove, a faded flower; Something that makes my pleasure less, Something that means--forgetfulness.” IfsMeanHas BeensUsedWinningLostPleasureFlowerBrokenRuinsChainsPartingGlovesForgetfulnessFadedTokens Author:Nathaniel Parker Willis
“The pain of losing is diverting. So is the thrill of winning. Winning, however, is lonelier, as those you've won money from are not likely to commiserate with you. Winning takes getting used to.” PainUsedWinningLosingGamblingThrill Book:Writing in restaurants Source: Writing in restaurants
“I know that some are always studying the meaning of the fourth toe of the right foot of some beast in prophecy and have never used either foot to go and bring men to Christ. I do not know who the 666 is in Revelation but I know the world is sick, sick, sick and the best way to speed the Lord's return is to win more souls for Him.” KnowsMenWorldWaySoulUsedWinningChristLordStudyFeetReturnSickSpeedBest WayBeastRevelationsFourthProphecyToes Book:It is Time Source: It is Time
“When you play in the Premier League, say you're playing against a lower-end team, they set up to defend all the time, they set up to block you off. But when you play in the Champions League, all the other teams are used to winning every week, so it's more of an open game, it's more attacking, end-to-end.” EndsPlayUsedGamesWinningWeekTeamBlockLeagueChampionAttackingPremier LeagueChampions League Author:Gareth Bale
“When I was a little kid, I used to say, "I would rather host the Oscars than win an Oscar." To me, that seemed like the more appealing, fun gig.” LittlesKidsUsedWinningFunHostOscarsLittle KidGigs Author:Seth Rogen
“Like every poor person, I used to dream about winning the lottery. I didn't just get money, though. I got fame. And I got fame before I got money, and it was scary.” PersonsDreamUsedWinningPoorFameScaryLotteryGet MoneyWinning The Lottery Author:Amber Rose
“I used to be jealous; I'm not jealous anymore. And a miracle happened to me, because if you're jealous, it's a cancer, it's a plague on your spirit, it really is. And I actually cured jealousy in a very weird way - I cured it with mathematics. And I'm not a math person at all, but I've been with my wife for about seven years, so we have had sex probably, I'd like to think, like, 9 million times or, at least, 1,500. So, the way I figured it, if she goes out and screws some other guy once - I'm still winning.” IfsThinkingWayYearsPersonsStillsHumorFunnyUsedSpiritGuyWinningSexMillionsWifeHappenedMiracleMathematicsSevenCancerMy WifeMathUsed To BeJealousScrewsSeven YearsPlagueOther GuysBeing JealousNot Jealous Author:Marc Maron
“The last thing I want to do is hurt the club's chances of winning. I'm used to playing the game a certain way and at a certain level. When I can no longer do that, I'll quit.” WayWantI CanLastsUsedCertainGamesWinningHurtChanceLevelsClubsQuitting Author:Chipper Jones
“You certainly get used to winning in general. Winning the Champions League is a very particular feeling, but it's really the journey that makes it special. Every journey that brings you toward a win is important.” ImportantFeelingsUsedWinningJourneySpecialParticularLeagueChampionChampions League Author:Clarence Seedorf
“Today, he showed the world why he is considered the best batsman around. Some of the shots he played were simply amazing. Earlier, opposing teams used to feel that Sachin's dismissal meant they could win the game. Today, I feel that the Indian players, too, feel this way.” WorldWayFeelsTodayUsedGamesWinningPlayerTeamShotsIndianCricketOpposingCricketersPlaying CricketDismissal Author:Wasim Akram
“I always used to tell my players that we are here to win! And you know what, Al? When you don't win, you lose.” KnowsFunnyUsedWinningLosesPlayerNflAls Author:John Madden