Simon Mignolet Quotes

When you have a tough loss, go through it and agonize. I had one loss that I still want to change, but at the same time I realize it is an important part of who I am.

When things are really dismal, you can laugh, or you can cave in completely.

If you let in a goal, you don't sink into your shell, you come out even harder and put people on the back foot, home or away.

You can either get bitter, or you can get better.

I am not very relaxed about bad reviews. But I am resilient. I grieve, curse and swear, put on loud music, and get on with the next job.

It's a healthy thing to get some bad criticism. I'm still here and I'm fine, but I'd be lying if I said it didn't get to you reading the negative stuff.

When you lose a game or don't play well you can't wait for the next one, because it soon disappears, the disappointment.

When I lost my decathlon world record I took it like a man. I only cried for ten hours.

I thought we were going to win the game but we won't take the disappointments, we will take the positives.

Just because you lost your last game doesn't mean you change anything.

The pressures having grown up in this business can be really rough. And it is a testament to you that you have remained focused and NOT lost your mind.

There is always disappointment, heartache. You are losing almost every tournament. You need to just accept it and be positive because you are going to lose and fail. We're not all Nadal or Djokovic, who can win most tournaments.

If you're out there and things are going badly, are you going to cry or break down?

I'll tell you what, this is a humbling sport.

Well, as a player you try to learn how to win, and when you get exposed to success there's also disappointment that comes along the way. So it becomes about how you deal with the ups and downs.

If you lose a game, you lose a game. You've got to deal with it.

Normally, a loss, it's hard to swallow, but you get over it sooner or later.

I got to the big leagues when I was 20. I thought I had it all figured out. Went to spring training that next year and started off well, got sent down, and I pouted pretty much all of 2000. And it wasn't the right way to handle it.

Everyone goes through those stretches. Everyone you talk to in this game, old coaches, old teammates, old players, whatnot, they all have those, 'Oh, I was 0-for-25, I was 0-for-30 one time.' I just try to not to get it that far, get it to that point and take it one at-bat as a time.

Those four Super Bowl losses? Yeah, it sucks that we didn't win, but what are you going to do about it? You can feel sorry for yourself, but that's not how I was brought up.

The goalkeeper always starts again at nil, even when you're 2-0 down. It always starts again at scratch. It's a completely mental thing, and I keep reminding myself of it during matches.

I hate to lose. It's a bad feeling, but, I mean, it kind of gets you resettled, gets you back right.

That's what international football is all about - be able to bounce after a bad performance.

When you lose, it's always tough to see the positive things.

If you fail, do not be discouraged.