Quotes About Defeat

So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat

Far better is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.

I f he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.

It is far better to dare mighty triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to dwell with those poor and timid souls knowing neither victory nor defeat.

Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.

With the help of prominent media outlets, the Royalists, now a political minority, would engage in a scorched-earth strategy to defeat a coming Progressive Revolution, even if it meant crashing the United States as we know it. If they were going down, then the rest of the nation was going down with them. Which is exactly what happened.

After all, there is nothing but failure.

I always focus on the negatives.

You never forget when you beat - or when you lose - to your city rival.

You learn more from defeats and it makes you hungry to go and improve the next time. That's the way I have dealt with things during my whole career.

It is always nice to get to finals, but never nice to lose in them.

Some nights, depending on who you're going up against, some guys are just capable of hitting tough shots.

Losing is no fun no matter who you lose to.

It's no fun when you lose.

When you're losing by 20 to 30 points night in and night out, that's no fun. You can't accept that as a player.

There's no point in playing well and losing.

Yes, yes, I know all the jokes. What else could I have expected at Highbury? But I went to Chelsea and to Tottenham and to Rangers, and saw the same thing: that the natural state of a football fan is bitter disappointment, no matter what the score.

Defeated misery is what all sport is about, eventually, if you follow the story for long enough; all sportsmen know this.

Una vez más, el fútbol como metáfora.

In retrospect, their best chance of doing it this way was against Arsenal, in the game they won 8–2. They only needed another nine that afternoon – and they missed at least fifteen good chances.

The bigger the lie, the more believable it becomes to the average Arab citizen. Thus, Arab media never fail to be less than outrageous. They blamed the defeat on none other than Israel, as though self-defense and self-preservation was not a right to be exercised by the Jewish enemy.

You can't argue with math, Carter. You'll always lose.

I don't know what to do about Justin continuing to fleece my family. How much did you lose? Alan shrugged and sipped. About one seventy-five. Catching Shelby's eye, he grinned. I only play with Justine for diplomatic reasons. As she continued to stare he leaned back against the buffet. And, dammit, one day I'm going to beat him.

Without fear there is no prudence. Without prudence there is recklessness. With recklessness, defeat.