Vince Lombardi Quotes

I can deal with losing as long as one is trying to win. If you're losing, and you're not trying to win, that is not fair.

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

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

Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose. Nobody goes undefeated all the time. If you can pick up after a crushing defeat, and go on to win again, you are going to be a champion someday.

If you're not a competitor, you've just got to go home.

Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing.

You can't always win - although we always try!

Nobody loves finishing second, as we've seen in past races. It's a sport that you want to get everything you can out of it, but sometimes it just doesn't work out.

There's a difference between winning and losing and not trying at all.

Winning isn't everything, but losing isn't anything.

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

Struggle and survival, losing and winning, doesn't matter. It's entering the race that counts. You enter, you can win, you can lose .... but it's all about entering the race.

The important thing in life is not to triumph but to compete.

We're not done. We're just going to continue playing and hoping to put some wins together again.

I just hate losing and that gives you an extra determination to work harder.

I'm a very competitive person. You won't change things unless you are prepared to fight, even if you don't win. But I do hate losing.

Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out.

When you lose a couple of times, it makes you realize how difficult it is to win.

Losing is no disgrace if you've given your best.

We count on winning. And if we lose, don't beef. And the best way to prevent beefing is - don't lose.

I would love to try to win another game. Obviously, it's more fun when you win. I'd rather try and not win than not try at all.

If you win, fine, if you don't, you try again next year.

The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part.... The essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well.

Winners celebrate and losers mobilize.

I never want to lose. I hate to lose... But Babe Ruth struck out 1,300 times. You can't hit the home run every time you come up to bat.