Steven Wilson Quotes

There's a lot of disappointment when you lose a playoff game.

I don't like the feeling of 'I didn't do enough.'

No one was more shocked or angry than I was when we didn't find the weapons. I had a sickening feeling every time I thought about it. I still do.

The attempt and not the deed confounds us.

Nobody feels any worse than I do about losing.

If there are occasions when my grape turned into a raisin and my joy bell lost its resonance, please forgive me. Charge it to my head and not to my heart.

Anyone can lose a fight. That doesn't bother me. But the shame that comes afterwards is unbearable.

I've failed those I care most about and let down the people who elected me to represent them.

I failed the most important people in my life, you know, on September 8, 2009. People who were relying on me more than anything.

It's always a pity to lose or draw at the end of the game; it's always painful.

I was stained by failure.

If you don't score, and you have chances, you are disappointed.

Losing feels worse than winning feels good.

I should have done more. I did too little of everything.

Doubt is the brother of shame.

When lovely woman stoops to folly, and finds too late that men betray, what charm can soothe her melancholy, what art can wash her guilt away?

However I dress it up, I was a spy and I am not proud of it.

I feel very bad about getting things wrong.

It took years, honestly, to deal with the disappointment of Beijing.

I let the American people down.

Nothing keeps its promise.

I related to his disillusionment. Thinking that he was going for this big dream. Then he kind of saw through it all at one point and went back home. Then he started a bender, which I can relate to of course.

For the most part fraud in the end secures for its companions repentance and shame.

I never slept when I lost. I'd see the sun come up without ever having closed my eyes. I'd see those base hits over and over and they would drive me crazy.

I used to be an optimist, but now I know that nothing is going to turn out as I expect.