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I don't believe in defeat.

There could be no honor in a sure success, but much might be wrested from a sure defeat.

People talk about the pain of defeat, but I think defeat has a lot of value. I think the wound of victory can be even more damaging than defeat. Very few people really know how to win.

Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.

I don't mind getting beaten, but I hate to lose.

No matter how hard the loss, defeat might serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out.

Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.

Defeat never comes to any man until he admits it.

I think that it's perhaps harder to learn from victory than it is from defeat. I think that we don't want defeat. We don't want defeat in sport. We don't want defeat in life. How are we going to be beaten? All right. We have to deal with those things. What's going to cause us to lose the game, whatever the game might be?