"For me, it's like winning the Champions League, " Shevchenko told Italy's ANSA news agency.
When we were able to wear jeans on Friday it was like winning the lottery.
"The news, for us, was almost like winning the World Cup in soccer, " he said.
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Because winning careers, like winning start-ups, are in permanent beta: always a work in progress.
"Performance is a measure of success, but there is no measure of success like winning, " he said.
There was a time when becoming the dean of a major business school was like winning the lottery.
He also looks like winning both the primary and next year's presidential election.
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They also realized that they might need some building blocks to hone their credentials, like winning a dealer association account first.
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It feels like winning the lottery, but a lottery you worked for.
Different coaches offer up their services as you advance up the world-rankings and complete specific goals, like winning 3 minor tournaments or having 5, 000 fans.
Getting in to the coveted five is like winning the lottery.
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"They only take 25 students, and they can stay in the school until they are 21 years old, so it was like winning the lottery, " says Suzette Josif.
"The chance to return now would be a matter of good luck, like winning the lottery, but I think there is no way we would be allowed to go back, " he said.
So, it's not comparable to vice-presidential tickets in the past because you know, normally those people don't have the same name recognition, and you pick them for particular political purposes, like winning a particular state, or balancing the ticket on a particular issue.
Still, as Lula pointed out, what looks like a winning lottery ticket can all too easily become a curse.
"I felt like there was no winning, like we were in a crazy dance, " says Ms. Brown, now 45 and a fifth-grade teacher.
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"To offer people the opportunity of big bonuses to qualify for Europe seems like a pretty safe bet, simply because you do not anticipate a club like Portsmouth winning the Cup, " said James.
Setting low expectations seems like a winning strategy for banking executives these days, and Corbat, who announced 11, 000 job cuts in his first major move from the corner office in December, certainly has a hurdle he should be able to clear in the quarters to come.
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And I think that, you know, he's winning like - about 200, 000, which is a pretty significant amount.
Some lucky up-and-comers, like Woodie award winning college band The Lonely Biscuits, find sponsors willing to cover their travel costs.
And for athletes like Zhang, winning gold is not just a personal mission, it is also an assertion of China's strength.
Now, the camera phone market is moving to 2 megapixels, and it looks like the companies winning the accounts are Micron, once again, and ST Microelectronics.
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