Knute Rockne Quotes

Part of being a champ is acting like a champ. You have to learn how to win and not run away when you lose. Everyone has bad stretches and real successes. Either way, you have to be careful not to lose your confidence or get to confident.

To be a good loser is to learn how to win.

I'm a winner; I win most of the time. But in order to be a winner, you have to lose some of the time. I'm a terrible loser.

You have to learn to be a healthy competitor, winning or losing. Because there can be a lot more losses than there are wins.

You make your own luck, Gig. You know what makes a good loser? Practice.

Greatest thing in life: Winning a tennis match. Second greatest thing in life: Losing a tennis match

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.

I never think about losing.

I was quite excited, but I was sure I wouldn't win the race. I am a realist.

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.

Winners celebrate and losers mobilize.

Mary Peters. When I was having my sulky, stroppy, bad loser phase I watched her at the Olympics. Sometimes she failed but always with a smile and good grace. She taught me how to win and lose, and I have a photo taken with her in my lounge.

The biggest players I've seen are the ones that take the wins well - don't get carried away with them - but the defeats really hurt.

This is sports. In sports, you win and you lose. That's the nature of sports. You can't get away from that part of it. And if you get too hung up on the losing part, then you miss the boat. The competition part, a game like that, is why you play sports. That is as good as it gets.

Obviously I would have loved to have won, but I have had a good run every match.

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

I wasn't sure I'd ever win again. Every time I got close, somebody seemed to play a little better.

I enjoy watching competitive people. You watch 'em come and you watch 'em go, and how they try to be the best. How they handle when they're not. How they handle when they are. How they get along together on the court.

Everybody wants to win, but everybody doesn't win.

When you don't win games, yeah, you lose confidence. That's normal.

Tension is the greatest curse in sport. I've never had any tension. You give the best you have - you win or lose. What's the difference if you give all you've got to give?

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.

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

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.