Olivier Martinez Quotes

I don't ever want to be like a peasant. I want to always be all right. But motivation is fans - not your kids, your mum, none of that. All of that matters, but number one is your fans.

I would hope no one would be satisfied with a loss.

There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.

You can't go on winning all the time.

The best way to guarantee a loss is to quit.

I had planned to accomplish something considerable, and this is the end.

The loss just made me hungry; it made me want to go out and win another title.

But when you come from a large, wonderful family, there's always a way to achieve your goals.

When you lose a couple of times, it makes you realize how difficult it is to win.

Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.

People don't like to talk about victory and defeat anymore.

I think of myself as an Olympian. I have had a dream since I was a very small child. And because I have parents without whom I couldn't have realised that dream.

There is winning and there is misery.

People say it is part of the game. You win some, you lose some. But not for me.

You win a few, you lose a few.

If they hadn't scored, we would've won.

The basic fact is that we won and he lost.

You can't succeed if you don't know what losing is.

You are not going to win many games if you start behind.

As you go in there, you keep winning; after you've had a loss or two, people start to humanize you.

When you lose is when you learn the most.

If you lose a title, perhaps it's because your rivals are better than you are. But to be demoted from the top flight is really heartbreaking.

It's hard losing a parent, especially dad because he was always behind me. It was his dream and my dream for me to become a footballer.

I tried hard to create my own records when a lot of them belonged to Steve Davis, so to see someone else beat yours, you'd be lying if you said there wasn't a twinge of regret there.

First time I had my defeat, it was very hard to come to terms with.