The thrill isn't in the winning, it's in the doing.
Before you can win a game, you have to not lose it.
The key to a winning season is focusing on one opponent at a time. Winning one week at a time. Never look back and never look ahead.
In order to WIN the game, you must first not LOSE it.
The most interesting thing about this sport, at least to me, it the activity of preparation-any aspect of preparation for the games. The thrill isn't in the winning, it's in the doing.
If you want to win, do the ordinary things better than anyone else does them day in and day out.