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"Defeat" Quotes

"No one knows what to say in the loser’s locker room."

― Muhammad Ali

"Too many easy victories can ruin a fighter just as much as a long line of defeats."

― Muhammad Ali

"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."

― Muhammad Ali

"It takes pride and tiger’s drive to build up the confidence, the ego the power to defeat an opponent in the ring."

― Muhammad Ali

"I know no fighter can survive the loss if he feels sorry for himself when he’s defeated."

― Muhammad Ali

"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."

― Muhammad Ali

"The thing that matters is how you lose. I’m not crying. My friends should not cry."

― Muhammad Ali

"To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself."

"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."

― Theodore Roosevelt

"Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat."

― Napoleon Hill

"He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat."

― Napoleon Bonaparte

"Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily."

― Napoleon Bonaparte

"The only way to prove that you're a good sport is to lose."

"Stay humble in victory and gracious in defeat."

― Phil Jackson