gracious loser Quotes

Losing gracefully is commended but never chosen.

Fear of losing is what makes competitors so great. Show me a gracious loser and I'll show you a permanent loser.

The winner gives up his chance to be a good sport.

I know how to be a gracious loser.

I hate to lose. When I was a kid, I used to cry every time I lost a game, up until, like, the 8th grade. I used to go ballistic.

The only acting you ever see at the Oscars is when people act like they’re not mad they lost. Nicole Kidman was smiling so wide, she should have won an Emmy at the Oscars for her great performance. I was like, "If you’d done that in the movie, you’d have won an Oscar, girl."

It's hard for me to congratulate somebody after you just lose to them. I'm a winner. It's not being a poor sport or anything like that. If somebody beats you up, you're not going to congratulate them. That doesn't make sense to me. I'm a competitor.

You can't be a poor sport all the time.