David Haye Quotes

Defeats are always tough, whatever you have lost, and they affect me the same way they affect anyone who loses a match - no more or less.

As most who have engaged in competitive sports know, there's nothing to match the amplitude of emotion brought by losing.

No one wants to lose, period. It should hurt, it should sting, and you don't want to feel that feeling again.

Losing is tough.

You remember the finals you lose as much as the ones you win.

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

I'd have to say losing the title to Ali in '74 was the lowest moment in sports for me. It was the most devastating thing in my boxing career, and it still hurts to this day.

In sixth grade, my basketball team made it to the league championships. In double overtime, with three seconds left, I rebounded the ball and passed it - to the wrong team! They scored at the buzzer and we lost the game. To this day, I still have nightmares!

I hope I never have to face that feeling of missing and sending my country or team out of a competition.

Nobody likes a child to die or losing an election.

People think we don't give a toss about the game, but when I walked out of Windsor Park that night I felt lower than a snake's belly. The reality is still there.

When the Cleveland Cavaliers lost the 2015 NBA Finals to Golden State, LeBron James sat motionless in the locker room, staring straight ahead, still wearing his game jersey, for 45 minutes after the final buzzer. Here was a guy immensely wealthy, widely admired, at the peak of his powers - yet stricken, inconsolable.

A loss is horrible, and it's even worse in the UFC.

I'm gutted, devastated that in front of my own fans I've lost my belt.

Losses are always hard to swallow, and every sportsperson has the same feeling.

Obviously I'm not used to losing.

I got really depressed when Sidney Moncrief lost to Larry Bird. That really depressed me.

It's always disappointing to lose a final.

Losing is a tough blow to take.

Losing has an unbelievably negative impact on me.

I don't know if people understand - losing is tough.

There's a lot of disappointment when you lose a playoff game.

I hate losing more than I love winning.

Losing in my home town of Sheffield, it upset me really badly.

You might cry during a game if you lose a final. That's all part of football.