Richard M. Nixon

"If you take no risks, you will suffer no defeats. But if you take no risks, you win no victories."

"Don't get the impression that you arouse my anger. You see, one can only be angry with those he respects."

"I can take it. The tougher it gets, the cooler I get."

"I don't know anything that builds the will to win better than competitive sports."

"I reject the cynical view that politics is a dirty business."

"I wish I could give you a lot of advice, based on my experience of winning political debates. But I don't have that experience. My only experience is at losing them."

"If you want to make beautiful music, you must play the black and the white notes together."

"It is necessary for me to establish a winner image. Therefore, I have to beat somebody."

"Remember, always give your best. Never get discouraged. Never be petty. Always remember, others may hate you. But those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself."

"The press is the enemy."

"What starts the process, really, are laughs and slights and snubs when you are a kid. If your anger is deep enough and strong enough, you learn that you can change those attitudes by excellence, personal gut performance."

"You must never be satisfied with losing. You must get angry, terribly angry, about losing. But the mark of the good loser is that he takes his anger out on himself and not his victorious opponents or on his teammates."