The pressure began to mount as I kept winning every time and people were anxious to see if I could be beaten.
It was never about winning medals or being famous.
Winning is like shaving - you do it every day or you wind up looking like a bum.
That level of trade deficit throttles real growth in our country and continues the unfortunate path of selling out America. We are not winning the global trade war, we are losing it badly.
Winning is very important to me. I wouldn't be happy with anything less. And I work towards my goal.
I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.
And when you start talking about the practicality of winning a race like that - you've got to remember we're not talking about winning 51 percent of the vote. We're talking about winning 36, 37, 38 percent of the vote.
Winning the Outstanding Contribution award is great, because you know you have won in advance. Previously, I have been really nervous during the ceremony because you have no idea if you are going to get called up on stage. This time I could relax and enjoy myself.
What was important to me was entertaining the audience, and whether that meant winning, losing, singing, or whatever it was on the live show we were doing every week, which was awesome, I was game for it.
If you're going to dedicate every second to winning the decathlon, what are you doing wasting your time in bed?
Well, I mean, to me, I think my ultimate - my ultimate goal is winning championships and - and I understand that me going down as one of the greats will not happen until I, you know, win a championship.
Winning Wimbledon was a great feeling and it is still a great feeling. It has given me so much confidence.
In any grass-roots campaign, building an ongoing base of support is as important as winning the ultimate goal.
The determination to win is the better part of winning.
If you can't define a winning exit strategy for the American people, where we somehow come out ahead, then we're wasting our money, and we're wasting our strategic resources.