Nick Diaz Quotes

You learn how to be a gracious winner and an outstanding loser.

To be a good loser is to learn how to win.

Sometimes people say that coach is a winner, but everyone wants to win. You must know how to behave in victory and in defeat, to look after what is our sport, football.

The only way to prove that you're a good sport is to lose.

Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser.

No matter who you are, or what you're doing, there's always going to be someone that wants to be better than you. So I try to take the high road and be the bigger person. That way, you always win in the end!

I think sportsmanship is knowing that it is a game, that we are only as a good as our opponents, and whether you win or lose, to always give 100 percent.

I'm not going to hate anybody who beats me. But. I. Just. Don't. Like. Losing.

I don't ever go into a fight wanting to hurt someone. I just want to show them that I am better than them, and if they get hurt, it's part of the sport.

It's never over until we're shaking hands at the net. Then you've either won or you've lost, and - either way - you look them in the eye and say, 'Well played, mate.'

I don't think it's a good M.O. to disrespect your opponents, and maybe that's why the teams that disrespected me and my team lost to us.

When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less.

Sure, I like to win when I play basketball or board games or video games, but my day isn't ruined if I lose. I'm always up for a rematch. In all seriousness, that's something that's nice about maturing.

For kids it's natural to be competitive.

Show me a good and gracious loser and I'll show you a failure.

Show me a good loser and I'll show you an idiot.

We play fair and we play hard. If we win the game we win, if we lose the game, we lose.

I think there's a certain pride people have in competition.

Playing tennis, I didn't tie in my self-worth into winning or losing matches.

When it's your will versus another person's will, the worst thing you can do is smile in their face when you're competing. That's what I tell our guys. Go have fun.

It's never OK to lose a game.

In match play, you don't ever want to play anybody that you know just because you don't want to send them home, but you don't want to go home yourself, either.

You have to learn to be a healthy competitor, winning or losing. Because there can be a lot more losses than there are wins.

Being the competitive guy that I am, I can't get into individual battles like I have.

My motto is 'Man Down,' and I have to live up to it. I don't go in looking for the knockout, but I let it happen naturally.