Tony La Russa is considered among the best in his business. Yet nearly half the time he led his organizations into competition, they were defeated - 2,728 wins, 2,365 losses.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
But, then, Sampras won Wimbledon six times and that automatically puts him among the greatest.
He who gets the best players usually wins.
The true competitors, though, are the ones who always play to win.
Personal honors never meant much to Bill Russell, one of America's most successful athletes with 2 college titles, 1 Olympic gold medal and 11 - count 'em, 11 - N.B.A. championships with the Boston Celtics.
There are many victories worse than a defeat.
If anyone has seen success and failure on a global stage, it's my friend Steve Forbes.
I do not like the idea that a Russian company cannot be successful without Western experience. I think that, at the end of the day, it is a question of bringing benchmarks from other countries. So far, the golden benchmark has been the West.
The man who has done his level best... is a success, even though the world may write him down a failure.
When you are a professional sportsman all the guys are great competitors in the top 50.
I have never considered any player as my competitor; each one of them is good and talented, and my job is to beat them.