George Matthew Adams Quotes

Defeat has its lessons as well as victory.

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

Losing and winning is a part of life.

I've been fortunate enough to win titles; I've been unfortunate enough to get relegated as well.

Success has many fathers and failure is an orphan.

In the dust of defeat as well as the laurels of victory there is a glory to be found if one has done his best.

Somewhere in the world there is a defeat for everyone. Some are destroyed by defeat, and some made small and mean by victory. Greatness lives in one who triumphs equally over defeat and victory.

In sports, every day you can be the hero or the goat.

A good balance of winning and losing is important. If you just win all the time, you won't get anything out of it; having some tough losses can be really important.

It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.

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

Every time you win, you're reborn; when you lose, you die a little.

Successful people are not interesting. I feel for the losers. That's where my heart lies.

Defeat never comes to any man until he admits it.

The one phrase you can use is that success has a thousand fathers, and failure is an orphan.

Somebody's gotta win and somebody's gotta lose and I believe in letting the other guy lose.

Success needs no explanation. Failure does not have one that matters.

Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.

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

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

Nothing succeeds, they say, like success. And certainly nothing fails like failure.

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

Someone is going to win and someone is going to lose. That's also what happens in almost every movie - someone is going to win and someone is going to lose.

In war there is no prize for runner-up.

Boom, crush. Night, losers. Winning, duh.