| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 42784 |
| QUOTATION: | The I’m-going-to-win-no-matter-how-I-have-to-do-it attitude just doesn’t seem to fit. For me, a contest isn’t a success unless it was fun, whether or not I win. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Margo Godfrey Oberg (b. c. 1955), U.S. surfer. As quoted in WomenSports magazine, p. 12 (June 1977).
When she said this, Oberg was already a five-time winner of the women’s world championship in surfing. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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