Losing Quotes

Most popular losing quotes

If fate means you to lose, give him a good fight anyhow. - William McFee quote.
If fate means you to lose, give him a good fight anyhow.
A wise man never loses anything if he has himself. - Michel de Montaigne quote.
A wise man never loses anything if he has himself.
Tis better to have fought and lost, Than never to have fought at all.
Defeat should never be a source of discouragement but rather a fresh stimulus.
Fear of losing is what makes competitors so great. Show me a ... gracious loser and I'll show you a perennial loser. I'll show class, but I take losing hard.
Losing is the great American sin.

sports

Losers spend time explaining why they lost. Losers spend their lives thinking about what they're going to do. They rarely enjoy doing what they're doing.
Man is not made for defeat. - Ernest Hemingway quote.
Man is not made for defeat.

mankind

Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose.  Nobody goes undefeated all the time.  If you can pick up after a crushing defeat, and go on to win again, you are going to be a champion someday. - Wilma Rudolph quote.
Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose.  Nobody goes undefeated all the time.  If you can pick up after a crushing defeat, and go on to win again, you are going to be a champion someday.

winning & losing defeat

Losing is the bane and bugbear of every professional athlete's existence. - Roger Angell quote.
Losing is the bane and bugbear of every professional athlete's existence.
If a tie is like kissing your sister, losing is like kissing your grandmother with her teeth out.

winning & losing

It is by losing himself in the objective, in inquiry, creation, and craft, that a man becomes something. - Paul Goodman quote.
It is by losing himself in the objective, in inquiry, creation, and craft, that a man becomes something.
In life it is more necessary to lose than to gain.  A seed will only germinate if it dies. - Boris Pasternak quote.
In life it is more necessary to lose than to gain.  A seed will only germinate if it dies.
Losing streaks are funny. If you lose at the beginning, you get off to a bad start. If you lose in the middle of the season, you're in a slump. If you lose at the end, you're choking.

sports

Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser. - Vince Lombardi quote.
Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser.

sports