Boris Spassky Quotes

Nobody likes to feel like they're on the losing side of anything.

If you're going to play at all, you're out to win. Baseball, board games, playing Jeopardy, I hate to lose.

Okay, when you start to fight for equality, like Anand did in 1995, you could end up losing game 10, like he did, without putting up any kind of fight.

I hate losing. It doesn't matter if it's racing or playing Ping-Pong - I hate it.

I've never liked losing, ever since I was a boy in Macon, my hometown. I couldn't watch other teams lifting trophies.

I don't like to lose, man. I think that's where it starts for me. If we're not winning games, then I don't smile too often.

If we are running sprints, I want to beat everybody by 10 yards. If we are playing checkers, I want to win: I'm pretty good at checkers, and I'm trying to get on chess.

I just don't like losing, I don't like losing, full stop. Even if it's at FIFA.

I am a sore loser. I've always been like that ever s'nce I started playin' sports and just life in general. I hate to lose and I play to win.

I really don't like to lose.

The No. 1 thing is you want to be able to win the game, and we're going to do whatever we have to do to win the game.

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.

There isn't a woman player in the world I can't give knights-odds to and still beat.

I hate losing. I hate getting beat. I'm not used to it.

You have a winner and a loser and that doesn't bother me, I am man enough to accept that.

I don't like the idea of competition - maybe because I kept losing them when I was a kid. Maybe it's better to be the one who loses?

I hate to lose more than I love to win.

I'm not in this sport to say a guy can beat me.

I love to win; but I love to lose almost as much. I love the thrill of victory, and I also love the challenge of defeat.

I just hated to lose.

I don't play any tournaments to come second best.

Some people think that if their opponent plays a beautiful game, it's okay to lose. I don't. You have to be merciless.

I mean, I love winning, but losing is a much more intense feeling.

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

The first Monopoly game I played with my brothers, I hated losing so much, I just had to beat them.