Play to win, but be a good loser.

Winning isn't everything, but wanting to win is.
- Vince Lombardi
Read my thoughts on wanting to win

Defeat is not the worst of failures.
Not to have tried is the true failure.
- George Edward Woodberry

How you think when you lose
determines how long it will be until you win.
- Gilbert (G. K.) Chesterton

Success consists of going from failure to failure
without loss of enthusiasm.
- Winston Churchill

Play to win, but be a good loser.
Have a plan for your life,
but accept whatever comes your way
with grace and gratitude.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie


Further reading: How to Deal with Rejection

Don't Give Up

Coping With Life

Win Some, Lose Some
      

Step Up To the Plate

Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.
- Babe Ruth

The Babe, as well as being the Home Run King,
led the American League in Strike Outs in 1918, 1923, 1924, 1927 and 1928.

You are certain never to be a winner if you don't take your time at bat.
Do your best, and accept with gratitude whatever result you get.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Defeat is not the worst of failures.
Not to have tried is the true failure.
- George Edward Woodberry

How you think when you lose
determines how long it will be until you win.
- Gilbert (G. K.) Chesterton

Remember you will not always win.
Some days, the most resourceful individual will taste defeat.
But there is, in this case, always tomorrow -
after you have done your best to achieve success today.
- Maxwell Maltz

Further reading: How to Feel Better About Yourself

Simply Do Your Best

How to Deal with Rejection
     

Play to Win, but be a Good Loser

Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.
- Babe Ruth

The Babe, as well as being the Home Run King,
led the American League in Strike Outs in 1918, 1923, 1924, 1927 and 1928.

Play to win, but be a good loser.
Have a plan for your life,
but accept whatever comes your way
with grace and gratitude.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

You are certain never to be a winner if you don't take your time at bat.
Do your best, and accept with gratitude whatever result you get.

How you think when you lose
determines how long it will be until you win.
- Gilbert (G. K.) Chesterton

Defeat is not the worst of failures.
Not to have tried is the true failure.
- George Edward Woodberry

Remember you will not always win.
Some days, the most resourceful individual will taste defeat.
But there is, in this case, always tomorrow -
after you have done your best to achieve success today.
- Maxwell Maltz

Success consists of going from failure to failure
without loss of enthusiasm.
- Winston Churchill

Further reading: How to Feel Better About Yourself

How to Deal with Rejection

Simply Do Your Best
     

Save Only the Best of the Old Ways

Honor tradition AND question tradition.
Tradition is like a second-hand store.
It is best to sort carefully between the treasures and the trash.
See everything with new eyes.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

What we call wisdom is the result of all the wisdom of past ages.
Our best institutions are like young trees growing
upon the roots of the old trunks that have crumbled away.
- Henry Ward Beecher

The fairest thing in nature, a flower,
still has its roots in earth and manure.
- David Herbert Lawrence

It is always better to have no ideas than false ones;
to believe nothing, than to believe what is wrong.
- Thomas Jefferson

What old people say you cannot do, you try,
and find that you can.
Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new.
- Henry David Thoreau

Its not that we need new ideas,
but we need to stop having old ideas.
- Edwin Land

"Old times" never come back and I suppose it's just as well.
What comes back is a new morning every day in the year,
and that's better.
- George Edward Woodberry

Greatness, in the last analysis, is largely bravery -
courage in escaping from old ideas and old standards.
- James Robinson

Further reading: Perspective on Tradition: An Open Mind

Roots

Thinking for Yourself

Memories
   

Win Some, Lose Some

How you think when you lose
determines how long it will be until you win.
- Gilbert (G. K.) Chesterton

Remember you will not always win.
Some days, the most resourceful individual will taste defeat.
But there is, in this case, always tomorrow -
after you have done your best to achieve success today.
- Maxwell Maltz

Defeat is not the worst of failures.
Not to have tried is the true failure.
- George Edward Woodberry

Success consists of going from failure to failure
without loss of enthusiasm.
- Winston Churchill

Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.
- Babe Ruth

The Babe, as well as being the Home Run King, led the American League in Strike Outs in 1918, 1923, 1924, 1927 and 1928.

You are certain never to be a winner if you don't take your time at bat. Do your best, and accept with gratitude whatever result you get.

Play to win, but be a good loser.
Have a plan for your life,
but accept whatever comes your way
with grace and gratitude.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: How to Feel Better About Yourself

How to Make a Decision You Won't Regret

How to Deal with Rejection

Coping with Heartbreak

Defeat

Failure

Grace

Mistakes

Fear of Striking Out

Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.
- Babe Ruth

Fear defeats more people than
any other one thing in the world.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

The best way to gain self-confidence
is to do what you are afraid to do.
- Anonymous

Success comes from knowing that you did your best
to become the best that you are capable of becoming.
- John Wooden

Defeat is not the worst of failures.
Not to have tried is the true failure.
- George Edward Woodberry

Further reading: Be Unstoppable

Endurance

Dare

Begin Today

Motivational Sports Quotes

Mistakes

Fear

Boldness

Defeat

Self Confidence