Emre Can Quotes

When you taste first place, if you then go and finish fourth, you will be disappointed.

I am never happy if we are not winning.

I wasn't sure I'd ever win again. Every time I got close, somebody seemed to play a little better.

Everybody wants to win, but everybody doesn't win.

Winning isn't everything, but it beats anything that comes in second.

Winning isn't everything, but it beats anything in second place.

I like to win. If I lose, I'm not very happy.

For me soccer provides so many emotions, a different feeling every day. I've had the good fortune to take part in major competitions like the Olympics, and winning the World Cup was also unforgettable. We lost in the Olympics and won in the World Cup, and I'll never forget either feeling.

Winners celebrate and losers mobilize.

I'm sure a lot of players say it, but winning is almost so you don't lose. The thrill of winning is not as great as the pain of losing.

I think second place is the first loser in the competition.

Every great player is more outstanding in the victory, but has more pressure in defeats.

There's no point in playing well and losing.

It's tough to lose, but it's a lot tougher to lose knowing how good it is to win, how good it feels to win.

If we win, everybody will feel good. If we lose, all the other things just don't really matter. Winning is what matters to me.

I was getting sick of losing and watching other players winning all the titles on TV.

It's a lot more fun winning. It hurts to lose...

It's nice to be in first place. But just because you're not on a winner doesn't mean you're a loser.

Scoring a lot of points is great when you win, but when you lose it doesn't matter.

If you win a race, you don't ask how you did it, as long as you do it.

It has meant a lot to me to challenge the best players in the world and to beat them. And it means a lot to me to be out here and fighting for the title and, you know, it hurts not to win it.

The biggest thing I learned from losing? Winning's better.

My comeback was not about winning or losing; it was about the feeling of being able to compete at top level again.

People don't like to talk about victory and defeat anymore.

There is winning and there is misery.