Defeat Quotes

"Stay humble in victory and gracious in defeat." "He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat." "If a victory is told in detail, one can no longer distinguish it from a defeat." "Victory has a hundred fathers, but defeat is an orphan." "Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it" "History has shown there are no invincible armies. " "I will not lose, for even in defeat, there's a valuable lesson learned, so it evens it up for me" "Sometimes you have to accept that a guy played better on the day than you" "Victory has a thousand fathers but defeat is an orphan" "The only way to prove that you're a good sport is to lose." "Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily." "No one knows what to say in the loser’s locker room." "Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat." "Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat." "To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself." "The thing that matters is how you lose. I’m not crying. My friends should not cry." "When a fighter is beaten, everybody who believes in him is beaten too — his family, his friends, his children, the people who cheer him on, who give him their love, their hope, their pride." "I know no fighter can survive the loss if he feels sorry for himself when he’s defeated." "It takes pride and tiger’s drive to build up the confidence, the ego the power to defeat an opponent in the ring." "Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even."