John Thorn Quotes

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

Nothing is more humbling than getting your ass kicked.

Every loss, every defeat is tough in its own way.

Every man's got to figure to get beat sometime.

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

If it was up to me, I wouldn't lose at all, but when it happens, that's when you have to show your real strength.

Of all the great moments at Butler, I still remember the losses most vividly. I don't know why. I guess that's kind of what drives you.

A loss is something tough.

When you lose, it's always tough to see the positive things.

Tragedy isn't getting something, or failing to get it; it's losing something you already have.

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

Life is mostly just learning how to lose.

I never learned anything from a match that I won.

Losing is essential to anyone's success. The more you lose, the more you want to win.

A winner must first know what losing's like.

Sometimes you have to lose to win

If you don't win, it's not a great tragedy - the worst that happens is that you lose a game.

I'm a big believer that, in life, we can't succeed in everything. Most times, we lose.

I learned much more from defeat than I ever learned from winning.

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.

There will be days when you feel defeated, exhausted, and plain old beat-up by life's whiplash. People you love will disappoint you - and you will disappoint them. You'll probably struggle with some kind of mortal appetite. Some days it will feel as though the veil between Heaven and Earth is made of reinforced concrete.

Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose. Nobody goes undefeated all the time. If you can pick up after a crushing defeat, and go on to win again, you are going to be a champion someday.

Show business is made up of disappointments, and it's through life's disappointments that you grow.

The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of those depths.

I disagree with people who think you learn more from getting beat up than you do from winning.