Joey Chestnut Quotes

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.

The biggest thing I learned from losing? Winning's better.

Winning isn't everything, but it beats anything that comes in second.

Although it's only the beginning of the championship, I am very surprised at my capability.

When you play against top players, sometimes you can play - you can play your utmost and you still get beat.

Every time you go for more competition, some people don’t like it, but that’s the way it is. We believe it is better for the people.

I have not lost an awful lot in my life, but the defeats have taught me more than the victories. Whenever I lose, I focus on the ability of my opponent and on the mistakes I made.

Rankings, for most players, are like adversity because we all want to be the best. So you've just got to approach it like you would a tough situation on the court. You just have to respond.

I've played basketball all of my life, and I've had things happen on the court that you eventually have to move on from. It's part of some of the obstacles that you meet in trying to reach your pinnacle.

You can always get bigger, faster, stronger. I don't have any choice. I have to.

You always learn from a defeat, even more than when you win games, because when you win, you don't see everything you did wrong.

I love winning. Maybe it's more that I hate losing?

I have a lot of respect for who beats me and that's it.

You never want to lose but it happens in the NFL.

If you are playing bad you are going to lose here, on clay, on ice, or on the beach.

Unfortunately in sport it's either good or bad. You've got to take the highs and the lows.

Every season is a new challenge to me, and I always set out to improve in terms of games, goals, assists.

I don't mind getting beaten, but I hate to lose.

I disagree with people who think you learn more from getting beat up than you do from winning.

I'm not a first-place person.

Productivity is being able to do things that you were never able to do before.

If it doesn't matter who wins or loses, then why do they keep score?

Feedback is the breakfast of champions.

My comeback was not about winning or losing; it was about the feeling of being able to compete at top level again.

I grew up in athletics, where people keep score.