11.   Van Gundy was nearly fired, the players were divided by personal agendas and winning seemed less of a priority.

12.   Winning seems almost passe to the Bulls.

13.   Winning the Open seemed more important to Graf, in part because she sensed the tide of sentiment for Seles.

14.   Winning a championship seemed distant, until this season when he signed with the Lakers.

15.   Winning seems to be almost a given as one of the necessary elements.

16.   Winning the Pulitzer seemed for Gordone to be both a blessing and a curse.

17.   Winning the World Series seemed impossible through much of his career, but he finally did it.

18.   Winning races seems attainable.

19.   Winning seems as effective a means as any, certainly better than the alternative.

20.   Winning seems to cure all ills, and Camby appears to have set aside whatever reservations he had about Van Gundy.