Ten Quotes on Victory

Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao did the Philippines proud again today as he snatched the WBC lightweight title from Mexican-American David Diaz in an impressive ninth round knockout at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. With this spectacular win, Pacquiao became the first Filipino as well as the first Asian to win four world titles, not counting the Ring Magazine featherweight championship he bagged in 2003 after beating Mexican boxer Marco Antonio Barrera.

Everybody loves a winner. Why, even recent NBA champions, the Boston Celtics, were there cheering for Pacquiao from their special ringside seats. After the game, I even caught them on cable TV having a picture taken together with Pacquiao and his team. Apparently, both are self-confessed members of a "mutual admiration society." According to Ronnie Nathanielsz, "Pacquiao endeared himself to the Celtics when, despite training in Los Angeles, he picked the Celtics as his favorite team to beat the Lakers and when they did their admiration for one another was strengthened even further."

Let's examine the mystique that lies behind VICTORY, in the words of others who have earned one:

Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat. -Malcolm S. Forbes

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If you can't accept losing, you can't win. -Vince Lombard

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Expect victory and you make victory. -Preston Bradley

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If you think you can win, you can. Faith is necessary to victory. -William Hazlitt

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There is no victory at bargain basement prices. -Dwight D. Eisenhower

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To be prepared is half the victory. -Miguel Cervantes

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Victory belongs to the most persevering. -Napoleon Bonaparte

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Victory always starts in the head. -Douchan Gersi

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There are some defeats more triumphant than victories. -Michael Eyquen de Montaigne

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Victory is a thing of the will. -General Ferdinand Foch

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