John Brown Quotes

I've certainly had periods when I felt like life was winning and I was losing, so I think everybody can relate to that quandary - the temptation to give in, to give up, and then what It takes to keep going.

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.

The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.

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.

Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.

I've been knocked down a lot of times.

If anything, you know, I think losing makes me even more motivated.

A historic defeat cannot bow our heads forever.

Great fighters get beat, and great fighters come back.

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

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.

I am powered by the defeat in Sochi, as I am by all my defeats.

It's never easy to lose the games and then come back stronger.

I've been through the highs and lows. I know what it's like to taste defeat and it's not nice.

Look what happened when I fought Anderson Silva. It can't possibly get worse than that. I've already seen the bottom and it wasn't that bad. I made it through. I survived. It's fighting. It's not the end of the world.

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

It is defeat that turns bone to flint; it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle; it is defeat that makes men invincible. Do not then be afraid of defeat. You are never so near to victory as when defeated in a good cause.

You will face many defeats in your life, but never let yourself be defeated.

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. Please remember that your difficulties do not define you. They simply strengthen your ability to overcome.

Even when I was close to defeat I rose to my feet

I'm inspired by failure. The process of defeat – picking yourself back up again is the hardest thing in the world.