No one ever is defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality.
If you put everything, your heart and soul into a campaign, it might take you a while to come around to the realization that, you know, another person has won.
It's not the end of the world if I lose. I try to keep it all in perspective.
I play honestly and I play to win. If I lose, I take my medicine.
The most loyal acceptance by a defeated nation of an unfavorable treaty of peace need not preclude cherishing the hope that circumstances will lead to changes some day.
A warrior accepts defeat. He does not treat it as a matter of indifference nor does he try to make a victory of it.
Boy, do I hate to lose.
When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.
He never knew when he was whipped ... So he never was.
Over the years, I have seen too many politicians ruin their careers because they could not accept defeat graciously.
Like a lot of people have said, it's not a bad loss to lose to Mark Hunt, so it's really like a learning lesson.
When you're up against a superior enemy, sometimes it's okay to just bow out gracefully
When I lose a match, I know that I lose on the court and not in life.
I make no excuses. Stefan Struve was the man that night. He earned his win fair and square.
Show me a good loser and I'll show you a loser.
Nobody loses gracefully and easily, but there is a way to go about it.
Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.
I've always hated to lose and I continue to hate it. But I've been obliged to accept it because I also have had some crushing defeats.
I lost three times in my career. Losing to Holmes I could deal with, because I lost to a true champion.
I don't like losing at anything, but it's not the end of the world if you beat me.
I have been defeated for election often enough to know that the majority can be wrong.
Both fighters can't win in this sport, so you have to leave it in God's hands. Losing is not the end of the world. Losing is natural; the better-prepared athlete will win.
In the past, I tried to put on a brave face and smile after a defeat, but then it would backfire in training, and I'd get frustrated. Now I just embrace it, let it out, and then, two days later, I'm back in training and ready for the next game.
If you can shrug off a loss, you can't be a winner.
Obviously I'm not used to losing.
