Lyoto Machida Quotes

There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.

When you lose a couple of times, it makes you realize how difficult it is to win.

You win a few, you lose a few.

I've seen a lot in my life. I've seen a lot of winning. I've seen a lot of testing times. I think when you're tested, you really find out what you're made of, OK?

Losing and winning is a part of life.

We win, lose, but learn in the defeat.

Defeat has its lessons as well as victory.

A good balance of winning and losing is important. If you just win all the time, you won't get anything out of it; having some tough losses can be really important.

Successful people are not interesting. I feel for the losers. That's where my heart lies.

Sport and life is about losing. It's about understanding how to lose.

Unfortunately in sport it's either good or bad. You've got to take the highs and the lows.

I think it's refreshing when the people you're looking up to mess up just like you do, but somehow, things, in their own way, work out.

We've all got hurdles we have to overcome, and mine are not necessarily any bigger than anyone else's.

You always learn from a defeat, even more than when you win games, because when you win, you don't see everything you did wrong.

I don't define myself by my successes. I define myself by adversity and how I've persevered.

I've won every type of way. I've lost every type of way.

It's never easy to lose the games and then come back stronger.

Somewhere in the world there is a defeat for everyone. Some are destroyed by defeat, and some made small and mean by victory. Greatness lives in one who triumphs equally over defeat and victory.

Its unfortunate and I really wish I wouldn't have to say this, but I really like human beings who have suffered. They're kinder.

Every great man, every successful man, no matter what the field of endeavor, has known the magic that lies in these words: every adversity has the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit.

You can get beat any day.

No one wants to quit when he's losing and no one wants to quit when he's winning.

I've learned at the book signings that everyone has obstacles.

You can't win unless you learn how to lose.

The most important thing is that sometimes you have to go through hard times to get to the good stuff.