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Show me a good loser and I'll show you an idiot.
Show me a good loser and I'll show you an idiot.
Losing is no disgrace if you've given your best.
Losing is no disgrace if you've given your best.
That's what learning is, after all; not whether we lose the game, but how we lose and how we've changed read more
That's what learning is, after all; not whether we lose the game, but how we lose and how we've changed because of it and what we take away from it that we never had before, to apply to other games. Losing, in a curious way, is winning.
Courage is as often the outcome of despair as of hope; in the one case we have nothing to lose, read more
Courage is as often the outcome of despair as of hope; in the one case we have nothing to lose, in the other, everything to gain
We lost because we told ourselves we lost
We lost because we told ourselves we lost
Whoever said, "It's not whether you win or lose that counts," probably lost.
Whoever said, "It's not whether you win or lose that counts," probably lost.
Victory has a hundred fathers but defeat is an orphan.
Victory has a hundred fathers but defeat is an orphan.
Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth.
Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth.
The fear of losing is what makes competitors so great. Show me a gracious loser and I'll show you a read more
The fear of losing is what makes competitors so great. Show me a gracious loser and I'll show you a permanent loser.