Sometimes, a defeat can be more beautiful and satisfying than certain victories. The English have a point in insisting that it matters not who won or lost, but how you played the game.
When I was a kid, my mother told me that if you could not be a good loser, then there's no way you could be a good winner.
Losing gracefully is commended but never chosen.
Never concede the putt that beats you.
Boy, do I hate to lose.
When you're up against a superior enemy, sometimes it's okay to just bow out gracefully
Nobody loses gracefully and easily, but there is a way to go about it.
There are hundreds who can stand failure to one who can stand success; the good loser is far more common than the good winner.
On any given Sunday you're gonna win or you're gonna lose. The point is -- can you win or lose like a man?
If I give up nine runs on nine hits, I tip my hat.
I tried to be the leader ... that was my aim. But it is important to know how to win and how to lose.
You have to accept both losing and winning well. I've stayed calm when I'm winning and I've stayed calm when I've lost.
Battles are lost in the same spirit in which they are won.
It is impossible to win gracefully at chess.
A shy failure is nobler than an immodest success.
It's not the victories that count to me. It's the quality of how you deliver your losses and the quality of how you deliver your victories.
The cheerful loser is the winner.
He half retrieves a defeat who yields to it gracefully.
The manner in which one loses the battle can sometimes outshine the victory.
I will remember this, thought Ender, when I am defeated. To keep dignity, and give honor where it's due, so that defeat is not disgrace. And I hope I don't have to do it often.
It's correct that I'm a bad loser. Why should I lie? If I was good at losing I wouldn't be in Formula 1. I think it's more honest to act how you really feel than pretending to be the smiling boy who actually isn't in the mood to smile.
