With football, you can have up to 28 guys you consider starters, and if they can pick up the slack when some aren't playing so well, you don't have to turn those two-game losing streaks into six-game losing streaks.
Beware the person who is on a hot streak.
Those enjoying winning streaks thus win twofold. They win not only the game but also the right to greater self-determination. They become masters of their own fate. That feeling of efficacy, of being in charge of circumstances, is the essence of confidence. Winning once or twice is encouraging, but winning continuously is empowering.
I was born with a great gift, and sometimes with that comes a destructive streak.
The last time I saw a blonde with red streaks in her hair she was laying on Oscar Pistorius' bathroom floor.
It goes in streaks. But some things never go out of fashion. ' Hunger artists, fat folks, giants, and dog acts come and go but real freaks never lose their appeal.
Every winning streak will have to end sometime.
I didn't have this rebellious streak in me. To me, I'm a product of circumstance.
I think especially boys have a competitive streak when they're 12.
You have to have a serious streak in you, or you can't see the funny side of the other fellow.
Everybody has a mean streak in them, don't they?
I warn't never meant to be a lady, I know that now. I got streaks of wildness in me that trip me up every time, and just like streaks in clothes, there's some dirt that just won't wash out.
Baseball is slovenly and excessive in midsummer, with its onrolling daily cascade of line scores and box scores, shifting statistics, highlights and lowlights, dingers and shutouts, streaks and slumps.
I have an independent streak. You know, it's kind of hard to tell a independent woman what to do.
I don't particularly like the word average because when it comes down to it there is no average in people. Everybody has their own streak of uniqueness within them.
Even when I was very depressed, I could hold on to something. It seems that I have always had that streak of gold that I could hold on to.
The behavior of people and the culture of an organization are very different in winning streaks and losing streaks. But what both have in common is their momentum - once winners' or losers' habits and culture take hold, they tend to perpetuate themselves.
Everything happens to me. I've never had a streak of luck in my life.
I was born a limited-government person. I've always had this streak going through me.
I had that stubborn streak, the Irish in me I guess.
