Jean Chretien Quotes

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

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

It's the good loser who finally loses out.

Do not completely defeat your opponents. Leave your opponents some dignity with which to walk off the field. They have been elected by some people and you have no right to dismember them… When you do that, you lose all semblance of leadership.

Winning and losing have their significance in a democracy. But there should be no arrogance in victory, nor should there be any despondency in defeat.

I don't like losing at anything, but it's not the end of the world if you beat me.

Nobody loses gracefully and easily, but there is a way to go about it.

It's awfully important to win with humility. It's also important to lose. I hate to lose worse than anyone, but if you never lose you won't know how to act. If you lose with humility, then you can come back.

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.

Be brave if you lose and meek if you win.

Sometimes in football you have to hold your hand up and say, yeah, they're better than us.

All the world loves a good loser.

If you're losing, just be a man; be a man and lose as a man.

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

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

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

There’s nothing more humbling than losing a few elections.

Always to let the losers have their words.

I love a good loser.

I always say it's much nicer to win by shaking a man's hand rather than slapping him in the face.

I recognize that as the guy who lost the election, I'm not in a position to tell everybody else how to win, all right? They're not going to listen, and I don't have the credibility to do that anyway.

Let's be honest, I've never said I wasn't a sore loser.

I've always hated to lose and I continue to hate it. But I've been obliged to accept it because I also have had some crushing defeats.

No shame in losing to an all-time great.

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