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Lamar Odom Basketball Player
Winning

"I'm one of those players that I think I can do what's asked of me. Whether it's putting the ball in the basket, rebounding the ball, diving on the floor, making other people better, I'm willing to do anything just to win."

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Laozi Philosopher
Winning

"Though (the Tao) is uncreated itself, it creates all things. Because it has no substance, it can enter into where there is no space. Exercising by returning to itself, winning victories by remaining gentle and yielding, it is softer than anything, and therefore overcomes everything hard."

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Ice Cube Rapper, Actor
Winning

"I'm ready to run a studio. I'm ready to green light movies, and be in it to win it, you know? It's close. It'll happen."

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Ice Cube Rapper, Actor
Winning

"A good movie is a movie that you could see over and over again, not a movie that wins a Oscar, or a movie that makes a lot of money. It's a movie that you personally can watch over and over again. That, to me, is a measure of a good movie."

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Zig Ziglar Author, Motivational Speaker
Winning

"A pleasing personality helps you win friends and influence people. Add character to that formula, and keep those friends and maintain that influence."

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Orson Welles Director, Actor, Producer
Winning

"Why spend 18 hours watching someone else's war, when you know how it comes out? We win, and then have to buy all their cars."

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Napoleon Hill Author, Motivational Speaker
Winning

"The persistent man with a poor plan stands a better chance of winning than the man with a perfect plan who hesitates and waivers in carrying it out."

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Natalie Portman Actress, Director, Producer
Winning

"I honestly don't even really want to think about it [if Donald Trump wins]; I'd rather focus on how wonderful Hillary Clinton is."

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Malcolm Gladwell Journalist, Author
Winning

"The conventional wisdom is often wrong. Crime didn't keep soaring in the 1990s, money alone doesn't win elections, and - surprise - drinking eight glasses of water a day has never actually been shown to do a thing for your health. Conventional wisdom is often shoddily formed and devilishly difficult to see through, but it can be done."

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Malcolm Gladwell Journalist, Author
Winning

"Do I think that American democracy ends if Trump is president? No! I think, there are plenty of checks and balances in place. I think he would do some damage to the country but we would recover. The office of the presidency and American democratic institutions are a lot stronger than one person. So if he wins, our job is just to keep the office strong, right? And hope he'll be replaced by something better!"

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Larry Ellison Businessman
Winning

"I know some people are offended by the fact that I'm spending a lot of money trying to win the America's Cup. I could have given all that money to charity."

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Larry Ellison Businessman
Winning

"I think I am very goal oriented. I'd like to win the America's cup. I'd like Oracle to be the No 1 software company in the world. I still think it is possible to beat Microsoft."

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