Winners

Scanlas The 2nd

What famous people or present do you admire for their winning attitude, mindset, work ethic or guile?


I admire Floyd Mayweather, Napoleon, Abraham Lincoln, Fifty Cent, Rafael Nadal, Miles Davis amongst many others.


These people possess or possessed traits which bring about success.


I believe there are several qualities winners tend to possess. They often have the ability to focus intensely on reality and see things for what they are. They become comfortable with harsh realities and make the most of it. They display a fearless attitude towards adversity, they see oppurtunities in a negative situation where others would complain or feel sorry for themselves, they dedicate themselves to their craft with hard work and enthusiasm. They see through rhetoric and find the reality of a situation.


They remain emotionally stable, not getting too down when things are bad but also not getting too excited or caught up in their success as many do while losing touch with the traits which got them their success. If they have dreams and ambitions they realise you have to get active, make some noise, bruise a few people in your path and expect others to do the same to you. It is human nature and instead of complaining you must just get better at protectin yourself.


Most people can't handle boredom. That means they can't stay on one thing until they get good at it. And they wonder why they're unhappy.


So who are winners in your eyes and what makes them winners?

inmyday

Sonia O'Sullivan

Her career was very very special, so many medals, and she holds two world records and loads of nation records. She is an excellent winner, and she showed that by coming back after what happened in Atlanta and proving it.
She also seems to be very nice, although ive never met her.

im invisible

martin sheen

MidlandsM

Ted Bundy............man, what a savage worker.

mikemac1

Michelle Smith De Bruin

She had her goals and rules be damned, she went out and got them

tvercetti

Larry Murphy!!!

Birneybau

Michael.

El_Dangeroso

50 cent?

What? Hahahhahaha!! No seriously what?

Born to Die

tvercetti wrote: »

Larry Murphy!!!

Which Larry Murphy?

token56

People who are genuinely happy.

Born to Die

My Dad and even more so my Ma.













cue morons

Chavways

Hitler

lividduck

Michael O'Leary,Michael O'Leary, and , o yeah Michael O'Leary:D

dr.bollocko

El_Dangeroso wrote: »

50 cent?

What? Hahahhahaha!! No seriously what?

Wikipedia has some strange additions on his page.

In 2005, Jackson expressed support for President George Walker Bush after rapper Kanye West criticized him for the slow response in assisting the Hurricane Katrina victims.

If his felony convictions did not prevent him from voting, he claimed he would have voted for Bush.

Ghandee

Pedro Sanchez.

Scanlas The 2nd

El_Dangeroso wrote: »

50 cent?

What? Hahahhahaha!! No seriously what?

My reaction would be the same before I learned more about him.

Now that I think of it, Jedward have some winners' qualities, as much as I hate to admit it. They take bold action and are impervious to criticism.

Caraville

tvercetti wrote: »

Larry Murphy!!!

Born to Die wrote: »

Which Larry Murphy?

I'd say this one:

http://www.sportsfiledublin.com/winshare/watermarked/Library/SF104/121820.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Murphy_(hurler)

Weeeeeexford hun

the groutch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-fAe7SwdqE

shopaholic01

I really, really admire Rafael Nadal too - especially when he changes his shirt;)

Pherekydes

Eamon Coghlan, Stephen Roche, Sean Kelly, Sonia, Catherina McKiernan, Fionnuala Britton: all have won at various times. I admire them because I know how hard it is.

What made them winners? They finished first. :rolleyes:

castletownman

Jim Stynes.

Probably the greatest Irish-Australian of all-time. For someone who wasn't born in Australia to be given a state funeral speaks volumes of the man

token101

dr.bollocko wrote: »

Wikipedia has some strange additions on his page.

Off topic but......

You can't vote if you're a felon? Jesus is it any wonder they're mad to convict everyone that's poor. What a f***ing sick society.

SouthTippBass

Schwarzenegger!

Scanlas The 2nd

I think I'd have to go with Christian Bale too. He's a winner. The dedication he puts into movies is incredible. Just look at him in the machinist or the fighter compared to batman.

I_smell_fear

Some desperate attempts at trying to be funny here

Caraville

Actually most of the winners I know are people in my life that have gone through the most horrific of traumas and still survived and how they coped and continue to cope I will never know.

But apart from them, in the public eye I really admire:

Kilkenny hurlers- showing people how it's done since what seems like forever. The talent that continues to come from Kilkenny is actually unbelievable.

Andrea Bocelli- living with such a difficulty as blindness yet achieving such success with the most beautiful voice.

Josh Groban- Cute, a gorgeous singer, really intelligent and flipping hilarious. He's just cool.

Oprah Winfrey- She wrecks my head at times, but in fairness she had achieved ridiculous amounts of success considering she came from nothing really. Really epitomises the American Dream type idea.

laoch na mona

anyone who doesn't care if someone else has more and is happy with their life

toexpress

Baroness Thatcher ...

Burky126

Scanlas The 2nd wrote: »

I think I'd have to go with Christian Bale too. He's a winner. The dedication he puts into movies is incredible. Just look at him in the machinist or the fighter compared to batman.

I think you meant to say Daniel Day Lewis.His dedication to film is beyond a statement.

For Forks Sake

Scanlas The 2nd wrote: »

I think I'd have to go with Christian Bale too. He's a winner. The dedication he puts into movies is incredible. Just look at him in the machinist or the fighter compared to batman.

Daniel Day-Lewis walks all over him in terms of dedication to roles.. http://www.totalfilm.com/news/first-look-at-daniel-day-lewis-s-abraham-lincoln

jupiterjack

rafa nadal

Mr.Biscuits

Charlie Sheen.

Shryke

Theodore Roosevelt. Its well worth reading up about the man.

K-9

John Hume for his work ethic, guile and perseverance overcoming so many obstacles.

du Maurier

Scanlas The 2nd wrote: »

What famous people or present do you admire for their winning attitude, mindset, work ethic or guile?


I admire Floyd Mayweather, Napoleon, Abraham Lincoln, Fifty Cent, Rafael Nadal, Miles Davis amongst many others.


These people possess or possessed traits which bring about success.


I believe there are several qualities winners tend to possess. They often have the ability to focus intensely on reality and see things for what they are. They become comfortable with harsh realities and make the most of it. They display a fearless attitude towards adversity, they see oppurtunities in a negative situation where others would complain or feel sorry for themselves, they dedicate themselves to their craft with hard work and enthusiasm. They see through rhetoric and find the reality of a situation.


They remain emotionally stable, not getting too down when things are bad but also not getting too excited or caught up in their success as many do while losing touch with the traits which got them their success. If they have dreams and ambitions they realise you have to get active, make some noise, bruise a few people in your path and expect others to do the same to you. It is human nature and instead of complaining you must just get better at protectin yourself.


Most people can't handle boredom. That means they can't stay on one thing until they get good at it. And they wonder why they're unhappy.


So who are winners in your eyes and what makes them winners?

His girlfriend/wife could tell us all about that:pac:

Capt'n Midnight

Scanlas The 2nd wrote: »

Napoleon,
...
They remain emotionally stable, not getting too down when things are bad but also not getting too excited or caught up in their success

I really don't know where to start on this one

Greentopia

Since when did we become Americans categorising people as "winners " and by extension that some are "losers"? ugh... what does that mean anyway? hate those terms, pitting people against each other as if life was a bloody competition.
Sorry, pet peeve of mine

I admire people who try to bring about positive social, political, cultural, civil and scientific change in this world and who work to further the advancement of the human race and those who campaign for the rights of others-people like Wangari Maathai, Camila Vallejo, Aayan Hirsi Ali, John Seymour, Charles Darwin, Alexander Fleming, to mention a few.

kincsem

Jack Nicklaus

yore

Born to Die wrote: »

My Dad and even more so my Ma.

yeah .... yore ma

IM0

me :cool:

and lance armstrong

Scanlas The 2nd

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Scanlas The 2nd wrote: »

Napoleon,
...
They remain emotionally stable, not getting too down when things are bad but also not getting too excited or caught up in their success

I really don't know where to start on this one

Napoleons was a winner for most his life then near the end he became soft and lost his principles.

Chuck Stone

What Greentopia said.

Scanlas The 2nd

Greentopia wrote: »

Since when did we become Americans categorising people as "winners " and by extension that some are "losers"? ugh... what does that mean anyway? hate those terms, pitting people against each other as if life was a bloody competition.
Sorry, pet peeve of mine

I admire people who try to bring about positive social, political, cultural, civil and scientific change in this world and who work to further the advancement of the human race and those who campaign for the rights of others-people like Wangari Maathai, Camila Vallejo, Aayan Hirsi Ali, John Seymour, Charles Darwin, Alexander Fleming, to mention a few.

Forget about Americans. The fact of the matter is some people have traits that make them much more likely to succeed at their chosen field. Some people have a winning attitude where they find opportunity in a negative circumstance where others would feel sorry for themselves.

Capt'n Midnight

Greentopia wrote: »

I admire people who try to bring about positive social, political, cultural, civil and scientific change in this world and who work to further the advancement of the human race and those who campaign for the rights of others-people like ... Alexander Fleming, to mention a few.

He was almost incidental in the penicillin story

http://inventors.about.com/od/pstartinventions/a/Penicillin.htm

Originally noticed by a French medical student, Ernest Duchesne, in 1896. Penicillin was re-discovered by bacteriologist Alexander Fleming working at St. Mary's Hospital in London in 1928

http://www.ox.ac.uk/research/medical_sciences/projects/penicillin.html

It was Alexander Fleming at St Mary’s Hospital Medical School who noticed a mould growing on a culture plate of bacteria one day in September 1928. Around the Penicillium notatum mould was a clear area where the colonies of bacteria appeared to have been dissolved. Fleming set about establishing the identity of the substance that was killing the bacteria, giving it the name ‘penicillin’. But Fleming only continued to study penicillin for a year or so, and he never got to the stage of purifying and testing its effects against bacterial infections when injected into a living animal or patient.

Howard Florey became Professor of Pathology at Oxford in 1935, moving into a splendid new department, the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology. Florey quickly recruited Ernst Chain to work with him, and they began to look at a range of substances that might have an effect on bacteria.

So the real story of Penicillin starts six years after Flemming. Pity the original guys didn't patent it first.

Capt'n Midnight

Scanlas The 2nd wrote: »

Napoleons was a winner for most his life then near the end he became soft and lost his principles.

Egypt, Portugal, Russia, Royal Navy, America

LittleBook

Scanlas The 2nd wrote: »

I think I'd have to go with Christian Bale too. He's a winner. The dedication he puts into movies is incredible. Just look at him in the machinist or the fighter compared to batman.

Burky126 wrote: »

I think you meant to say Daniel Day Lewis.His dedication to film is beyond a statement.

For Forks Sake wrote: »

Daniel Day-Lewis walks all over him in terms of dedication to roles.. http://www.totalfilm.com/news/first-look-at-daniel-day-lewis-s-abraham-lincoln

Pfft. Gary Sinise had his legs amputated for this one movie. Now that's "dedication".

Stiffler2

It's gotta be Charlie Sheen , doesn't it ?

Doesn't give a F**K about anyone else or what anyone thinks.
He's always high or on a good buzz
endless amount of coke & hookers.

do I need to continue here, I think not...

Paparazzo

MidlandsM wrote: »

Ted Bundy............man, what a savage worker.

Don't forget 4 touchdowns in 1 game

Sindri

Chavways wrote: »

Hitler

Would Hitler have ever walked out on Germany?






I don't think so........?

Sindri

No one's mentioned Roy Keane?

For his winning attitude.

eyescreamcone

Joe Montana
Pat Spillane
Jimmy Barry-Murphy
Phil Neal
The Klitschko brothers
Ryan Giggs
Jose Mourinho
Pep Guardiola
Lance Armstrong
Steve Redgrave
Franz Beckanbauer
Trap

Michael Collins
Gandhi
Genghis Khan
Julius Caesar
Hannibal of Carthage
Alexander T. Great of Macedonia
Churchill