Felipe Massa Quotes

Football is a funny game. Today, you are zero; tomorrow, you are a hero.

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

You win a few, you lose a few.

There are so many different factors - luck, being in good shape when it matters, the draw. For these reasons, it's hard to win a European Cup.

Sometimes, things don't go your way. Sometimes, they do.

Winning covers a multitude of sins. If you play bad and you still win, everyone says that's the sign of a good ballclub. But when you play bad and you lose, all of a sudden you have problems and everyone wants to know why.

You grow through the conflict and you emerge together. I think that's what the Olympics are all about.

This is football: one day you win, one day you lose, and there's a very fine line between them.

You have to show up in the World Cup, and in the World Cup anything can happen.

I don't bat an eye at stuff like that. I've had my share of wins. If I worried about the games I should have won, it would probably drive me crazy. It was a fun game to pitch in.

Defeat has its lessons as well as victory.

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 goes without saying, winning against a good team in a hostile crowd on the road, it's just an absolutely huge win.

If you stay with this game long enough, the worm is bound to turn.

It is easier to win than to fail. Everybody sides with the winner. But the failure walks alone.

If anyone has followed my career, they know that there's been a lot of obstacles and a lot of ups and down through my career. But day in and day out, and in the square circle, I went out there and always did my best.

I've been tremendously lucky. I went through things that turned out wrong, and I got myself out of them.

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

Sport and life is about losing. It's about understanding how to lose.

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.

Because, they're only thinking about one team when that game's over. Before the game, they're talking about two football teams. When the game's over, there's only one winner.

When a sports movie really works, it gets you on all levels, because the stakes are high. It's black and white. It's win or lose.

Be brave if you lose and meek if you win.

I lost three times in my career. Losing to Holmes I could deal with, because I lost to a true champion.

Some virtues are only seen in affliction and others only in prosperity.