Patricia Hewitt Quotes

It hurts to lose an election.

What hurts most is whenever I am leading, and then I lose the match, it is disappointing, and there are so many such matches.

It's always disappointing to lose a final.

There's a lot of disappointment when you lose a playoff game.

No matter how well or how bad you play, when you have a chance of winning and you come up a little bit too short, it obviously hits you a little bit. It stinks.

There’s nothing more humbling than losing a few elections.

We have lost the elections; and it is natural that each of us will believe, and say, it has been because his peculiar views was not made sufficiently prominent.

When the Cleveland Cavaliers lost the 2015 NBA Finals to Golden State, LeBron James sat motionless in the locker room, staring straight ahead, still wearing his game jersey, for 45 minutes after the final buzzer. Here was a guy immensely wealthy, widely admired, at the peak of his powers - yet stricken, inconsolable.

Every game that you lose it hurts, but especially when you lead 2-1, and you lose 4-2.

Losing an election is very difficult. I've lost an election myself, and it was very difficult.

Once it's over and you understand what's going on, it's a shame. You want to win three sets.

Every time I lose a final, I am disappointed.

It's always going to be hard when you see the other team lifting a trophy. When you have to walk up those stairs and collect the runners-up medal, it's hard.

It's always discouraging when you don't have things go your way. They are frustrated just like the rest of us.

Failure is unfortunately as common as success.

You remember the finals you lose as much as the ones you win.

Writing an acceptance speech gives you the expectation of winning, and you are therefore devastated or hurt if you didn't win.

I understand the harsh feelings and sentiments from my opponents and their supporters because I myself have been defeated twice in my political life in the past and I understand very well it is hard to accept your own failure.

You cannot say that you are happy when you don't win.

I didn’t get enough votes.

When you get out of the car after the feeling that you have after leading the race, and the car fails, it's pretty hard to say positive things all the time.

Not being able to end the last game of my college career with a win, it really hurts.

It's tough to say this, but sometimes it's better if you are losing because then you don't expect anything.

Obviously I'm not used to losing.

In Sochi, I felt like I lost a gold.