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I've said many times, 'You learn to win through not liking to lose.' And that's what I mean by learning how to win.

You can't win unless you learn how to lose.

When you want to win a game, you have to teach. When you lose a game, you have to learn.

It's about lessons for life. It's not just about winning either.

Very gifted people, they win and they win, and they are told that they win because they are a winner. That seems like a positive thing to tell children, but ultimately, what that means is when they lose, it must make them a loser.

There are winners, there are losers and there are people who have not yet learned how to win.

Some parents believe that competition helps prepare children to succeed. Others fear that their children will not be able to handle failure.

My parents always swore that in my childhood they had to let me win at board games. If, by the lucky stroke of the plastic wheel, my father would accidentally beat me at Candy Land, I would fly into fits of bawling that I'm told would last for hours. If I couldn't triumph, I didn't want to play.

We should tell our kids to just have fun, participate and not get bent on winning or losing. But every coach, when they say that, they say it tongue in cheek, 'Don't worry about winning': If you win I'll get you ice cream, but if you lose I'm going to pout in the car.