“American sports are quite masculine. And football - although it's still played by men all over the world - football compared to American football is quite feminine in its artistry. And there's no padding. It's America's loss, though.” MenWorldStillsAmericaSportsLossFootballFeminineMasculineArtistryAmerican Football Author:Noel Gallagher
“A refined ability to learn from failure and to grow through losses is necessary to achieve excellence in any human endeavor.” HumansGrowsSportsLossAbilityAchieveExcellenceMotivational SportsEndeavorRefinedLearning From Failure Author:Terry Orlick
“Never let anyone tell you sports doesn't matter. Never let them tell you it's all about the wins, the losses and the stats. Sports is so much more than that.” MatterWinningSportsLoss Author:Rick Reilly
“What I learned from that loss, and also another loss that I'm going to talk about later, was that when you're there, it's not good enough to be there, when you're there, you better walk away with that ring.” EnoughSportsLossWalksRingsGood EnoughNot Good Enough Author:Don Shula
“Whatever you do to recover from a loss, people will be critical because they believe that the only way to recover is their way. And you will even run into some people who should be run into by rhinos because they actually don't want to see you get over your tragedy at all; grief is a spectator sport for them.” PeopleWayWantShouldBelieveRunningSportsLossGriefTragedyCriticalOver YouGet OverSpectatorsWant To See YouInsensitivityRhinos Author:Joan Rivers
“I remember, when I was a little kid, I was good at sports, and I could jump off the high board. And then puberty hit, and suddenly I was looking to boys for direction. I remember that as a great loss.” LittlesKidsRememberSportsLossBoysBoardsLittle KidRemember WhenPubertyGreat Loss Author:Francine Prose
“He was a terrific guy. It is a great loss to the sports world. Wilt Chamberlain had a special place in basketball history and he will be missed. We had many battles with Wilt. He was a fun guy to be around; he was a 'Gentle Giant.'” WorldGuyFunSportsLossSpecialBattleBasketballGentleGiantsTerrificSpecial PlacesGreat LossChamberlain Author:Tom Heinsohn
“We don't sell wins or losses. The one thing you can't control in sports is which games you are going to win or which games you are going to lose. But what I could control was the experience the fans have.” GamesWinningSportsLosesLossOne ThingFansSells Author:Mark Cuban
“If Jim Mora loses his job with the Falcons, it most likely will be because of wins and losses. Problem is, when you work for such an image-conscious owner and in the most fickle of sports towns, random acts of dumbness tend to shrink a guy's margin for error.” IfsProblemJobsGuyWinningSportsLosesLossConsciousTownsErrorsOwnersShrinksMarginsFickleFalconDumbnessWins And Losses Author:Jeff Schultz
“Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.” MotivationalTurnsSportsLossSituationPositivePositive ThinkingBasketballNegativePositivityPositive AttitudeNegativityStay PositiveNegative ThoughtsBasketball PlayerInspirational BasketballBasketball MotivationNegative ThinkingWhen Things Go WrongGreat BasketballPositive OptimisticCurrent SituationBasketball TeamworkBasketball SuccessPresent SituationNegative And PositiveBasketball Is My LifeThinking Negative Author:Michael Jordan
“There is a lot of pressure on tennis players like other sports that are singular like you're not on a team. When all the pressure rides on your shoulders, it can be a lot different. Team sports you share those moments with the teammates. You share the pressures. You share the wins. You share the losses. You have a coach that can change the course of matches. But in tennis you're out there by yourself. There are no caddies. There are no coaches. You do it alone in the arena and I think that ups the ante a little bit.” ThinkingDifferentMomentsWinningSportsLossPlayerTeamShareLike YouCoachesTennisTeammateTennis Player Author:Jim Courier
“One loss is good for the soul, Too many losses is not good for the coach.” SoulMotivationalSportsLossCoachesNflCoachingMotivational SportsLost FriendshipInspirational Football Coach Author:Knute Rockne
“It is fair to say that insofar as sport is taken seriously by those who play it, then to that extent their conduct in play - their ability to deal with loss or victory, their ability to meld strategic thinking and brute force - can be taken as a small-scale model of how they, or others like them, might behave in life.” ThinkingPlayMightForceSportsLossAbilityDealsTakenVictoryModelsFairsScalesBehaveStrategicBrutesBrute ForceStrategic Thinking Author:Will Self
“The mark of a great player is in his ability to come back. The great champions have all come back from defeat.” SportsLossAbilityPlayerMarkDefeatChampionSports Psychology Author:Sam Snead
“You gotta lose 'em some of the time. When you do, lose 'em right.” SportsLosesLossEms Author:Casey Stengel