Rick Majerus Quotes

Sometimes, you are going to give up a bucket, but defense is the key. That's the most important thing.

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

You are fortunate if you have learned the difference between temporary defeat and failure, more fortunate still if you have learned the truth that the very seed of success is dormant in every defeat that you experience.

Defeat doesn't finish a man, quit does.

One of the most common causes of failure is the habit of quitting when one is overtaken by temporary defeat.

I've learned what it feels like to lose, believe me. But I think, in the end, that is just going to make winning that much better.

I've certainly had periods when I felt like life was winning and I was losing, so I think everybody can relate to that quandary - the temptation to give in, to give up, and then what It takes to keep going.

To win you've got to stay in the game.

A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.

Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.

The best way to guarantee a loss is to quit.

Defeat doesn't finish a man, quit does. A man is not finished when he's defeated. He's finished when he quits.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

I don't mind getting beaten, but I hate to lose.

It's always a wake-up call to get beaten.

Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.

Failure at some point in your life is inevitable, but giving up is unforgivable.

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

If they can beat me, fine. But I'm not leaving until they beat me.

I don't intend to lose.

Every fight in my life is important because the man standing across from me is there to beat me.

I do believe that it's when you stop and give up that real failure takes place.

It's been like that my whole life. AAU to high school to college, I've always responded when people get on me.

I like to play basketball. Sometimes if someone takes that away from you, you've got to get in your feelings for a reason.

It is very, very difficult to quit when you're losing. And nobody does it well.