Coach Frank Leahy, who was a great motivator, told us that day: Learn how to accept defeat in football and in your own life, because it will come.
~ Regis Philbin / Esquire, January 2005
Confucius on Hatred
“If you hate a person, you are defeated by them.”
~ Confucius
Jonathan Freedland on The Thrill of Defeat
By their choice, we’ll know whether they want to win – or to enjoy once more the martyr’s thrill of glorious defeat.
~ Jonathan Freedland / Guardian, 20th December 2019
Paul Theroux on Defeat
“…Borges, who said, “Defeat has a dignity which noisy victory does not deserve.”
~ Paul Theroux
Epictetus on Contests
“You will never have to experience defeat if you avoid contests whose outcome is outside your control.”
~ Epictetus