Losers and Losing Quotes
Losing doesn t eat at me the way it used to. I just get ready for the next play, the next game, the next season.Losers and Losing
Aikman, Troy
American Football Player
No one knows what to say in the loser s locker room.
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Ali, Muhammad
1942 American Boxer
Knute Rockne liked bad loser. He said good losers lose too often.
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Allen, George E.
1832-1907 British Publisher Author Engraver
Loss is nothing else but change, and change is Nature s delight.
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Aurelius, Marcus
121-80 AD Roman Emperor Philosopher
Do not be afraid of defeat. You are never so near to victory as when defeated in a good cause.
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Beecher, Henry Ward
1813-1887 American Preacher Orator Writer
The art of losing isn t hard to masters; so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster.
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Bishop, Elizabeth
1911-1979 American Poet
The taste of defeat has a richness of experience all its own.
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Bradley, Bill
American Basketball Player
I m not much of a golfer, I don t have any friends and, all I like to do is go home and be alone, and not worry about ways not to lose.
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Bryant, Bear
1913-1983 American Football Coach
One of the first businesses of a sensible man is to know when he is beaten, and to leave off fighting at once.
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Butler, Samuel
1612-1680 British Poet Satirist
Victory has a hundred fathers but defeat is an orphan.
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Ciano, Galeazzo
I hate to lose more than I love to win.
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Connors, Jimmy
1952 American Tennis Player
I think we now come to the park expecting to win instead of playing not to lose.
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Davis, Eric
You re never a loser until you quit trying.
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Ditka, Mike
American Football Player Coach of Chicago Bears
A real gentleman, even if he loses everything he owns, must show no emotion. Money must be so far beneath a gentleman that it is hardly worth troubling about.
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Dostoevski, Fyodor
1821-1881 Russian Novelist
Show me a good loser and I ll show you an idiot.
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Durocher, Leo
1905-1991 American Baseball Player/Manager
Never in any case say I have lost such a thing, but I have returned it. Is your child dead? It is a return. Is your wife dead? It is a return. Are you deprived of your estate? is not this also a return?
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Epictetus
50-120 Stoic Philosopher
Take care to sell your horse before he dies. The art of life is passing losses on.
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Frost, Robert
1875-1963 American Poet
If a man falls once, all will tread upon him.
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Fuller, Thomas
1608-1661 British Clergyman Author
There may be as much nobility in being last as in being first, because the two positions are equally necessary in the world, the one to complement the other.
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Gasset, Jose Ortega Y
1883-1955 Spanish Essayist Philosopher
Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.
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Gracian, Baltasar
1601-1658 Spanish Philosopher Writer
When you lose a couple of times, it makes you realize how difficult it is to win.
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Graf, Steffi
1969 German Tennis Player
The first proof of a person s incapacity to achieve, is their endeavoring to fix the stigma of failure on others.
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Hayden, B. R.
1913-1980 American Poet
We have resolved to endure the unendurable and suffer what is insufferable.
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Hirohito
No wise person should make known the loss of fortune, any malpractice in their house, his being cheated, or having been disgraced.
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Hitopadesa
600-1100 AD Sanskrit Fable From Panchatantra
The cheerful loser is the winner.
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Hubbard, Elbert
1859-1915 American Author Publisher
All the world loves a good loser.
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Hubbard, Kin
1868-1930 American Humorist Journalist
It s the good loser who finally loses out.
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Hubbard, Kin
1868-1930 American Humorist Journalist
When you are winning too much, sometimes you think you should never lose again. I am learning to lose.
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Ivanisevic, Goran
1967 Croatian Tennis Player
What makes us so bitter against people who outwit us is that they think themselves cleverer than we are.
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La Rochefoucauld, Francois De
1613-1680 French Classical Writer
I never lost a game. I just ran our of time.
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Layne, Bobby
American Football Player
We have fought this fight as long, and as well as we know how. We have been defeated. For us as a Christian people, there is now but one course to pursue. We must accept the situation.
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Lee, Robert E.
1807-1870 American Confederate Army Commander
Every man s got to figure to get beat sometime.
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Louis, Joe
1914-1981 American Boxer
Nobody ever chooses the already unfortunate as objects of his loyal friendship.
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Lucan, F. L.
39-65 Roman Epic Poet
When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost.
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Motto
Whoever said, It s not whether you win or lose that counts, probably lost.
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Navratilova, Martina
1956 American Tennis Player
Show me a good loser and I will show you a loser.
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Newman, Paul
1925 American Actor Director Philanthropist Producer
Losing is no disgrace if you ve given your best.
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Palmer, Jim
American Baseball Player
Losing a game is heartbreaking. Losing your sense of excellence or worth is a tragedy.
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Paterno, Joe
American Football Coach - Penn State
Giving yourself permission to lose guarantees a loss.
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Riley, Pat
1945 American Basketball Coach
You have no choices about how you lose, but you do have a choice about how you come back and prepare to win again.
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Riley, Pat
1945 American Basketball Coach
Shouda, coulda, and woulda won t get it done.
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Riley, Pat
1945 American Basketball Coach
There is no doubt in my mind that there are many ways to be a winner but there is really only one way to be a loser and that is to fail and not look beyond the failure.
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Rote Jr., Kyle
When I lose a match, I know that I lose on the court and not in life.
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Sabatini, Gabriela
1970 Argentine Tennis Player
Wise men never sit and wail their loss, but cheerily seek how to redress their harms.
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Shakespeare, William
1564-1616 British Poet Playwright Actor
The minute you start talking about what your going to do if you lose, you have lost.
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Shultz, George
The fear of losing is what makes competitors so great. Show me a gracious loser and I ll show you a permanent loser.
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Simpson, O. J.
1947 American Football Player
Nothing that grieves us can be called little: by the eternal laws of proportion a child s loss of a doll and a king s loss of a crown are events of the same size.
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Twain, Mark
1835-1910 American Humorist Writer
We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat; they do not exist.
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Victoria, Queen
1819-1901 Queen of Great Britain
Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it.
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Whately, Richard
1787-1863 British Prelate Writer
Have you heard that it was good to gain the day? I also say it is good to fall, battles are lost in the same spirit in which they are won.
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Whitman, Walt
1819-1892 American Poet