Magnus Carlsen Quotes

No one wants to quit when he's losing and no one wants to quit when he's winning.

I feel like I'm a fighter. I've fought my whole life to get to where I'm at. I like fight movies. When someone gets knocked down, I like to root for him to succeed.

You don't always win your battles, but it's good to know you fought.

I lost my first professional fight, but came back and won fights until I fought for the world title.

You don't always win your battles, but it's good to know you fought.

Never admit defeat and ask for a quick death! Die first, then admit defeat! If you are defeated but didn't die, it just means you were lucky! At those times, think only about survival! Survive and think only about killing the one who failed to kill you!

I really think a champion is defined not by their wins but by how they can recover when they fall

Here we are then, I was thinking, in a war to the finish between everything I love and everything I hate. Fine. We will win and they will lose. A pity that we let them pick the time and place of the challenge, but we can and we will make up for that.

A true champion will fight through anything.

It is inevitable that some defeat will enter even the most victorious life. The human spirit is never finished when it is defeated... it is finished when it surrenders.

I love to win; but I love to lose almost as much. I love the thrill of victory, and I also love the challenge of defeat.

We will not be beaten. But we may be shamed and embarrassed on a needlessly long road to victory.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

You can be knocked down, but it doesn't mean you're out.

Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.

A historic defeat cannot bow our heads forever.

It's never about the chemo; it's never about the cancer. It's all about what you're willing to put in to overcome whatever the obstacle is.

It's always discouraging to lose. You look at it and think, 'Man, what's going on?' It's always discouraging. But I'm a fighter. I don't like to quit.

My character is 'Get up and keep fighting,' unless I've been nailed to the ground.

Sometimes you're going to win close fights, and that's the way it is.

I'm never going to settle for losing.

I'm always the underdog, and I go in there and win the fights.

And I'm used to being underestimated and I'm used to taking on tough fights and winning.

No matter where I came from, I'm a fighter.

I've been dropped. You get up, and you win the fight.