Losing Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old losing quotes, losing sayings, and losing proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

You have no choices about how you lose, but you do have a choice about how you come back and prepare to win again. Pat Riley
When I lose a match, I know that I lose on the court and not in life. Gabriela Sabatini
Victory is fleeting. Losing is forever. Billie Jean King
That's what learning is, after all; not whether we lose the game, but how we lose and how we've changed because of it and what we take away from it that we never had before, to apply to other games. Losing, in a curious way, is winning. Richard Bach
Losing is part of the game. If you never lose, you are never truly tested, and never forced to grow. David Sirlin
Losing is only temporary and not all encompassing. You must simply study it, learn from it, and try hard not to lose the same way again. Then you must have the self-control to forget about it. John Wooden
If you learn from a loss you have not lost. Austin O'Malley
I would prefer even to lose with honor than to win by cheating. Sophocles
Losing is no disgrace if you've given your best. Jim Palmer
If you're afraid of losing, then you daren't win. Bjorn Borg
Don't be afraid of losing, be afraid of playing a game and not learning something. Dan Heisman
Don't even mention losing to me. I can't stand to think of it. Bobby Fischer
Winning isn't everything but losing is nothing. Edmar Mednis
Most players ... do not like losing, and consider defeat as something shameful. This is a wrong attitude. Those who wish to perfect themselves must regard their losses as lessons and learn from them what sorts of things to avoid in the future. Jose Capablanca
You must never be satisfied with losing. You must get angry, terribly angry, about losing. But the mark of the good loser is that he takes his anger out on himself and not his victorious opponents or on his teammates. Richard M. Nixon
Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth. Ludwig Borne
Sometimes by losing a battle you find a new way to win the war. Donald Trump
Winners lose much more often than losers. So if you keep losing but you're still trying, keep it up! You're right on track. Matthew Keith Groves
We always learn more from the losing than the winning. Yani Tseng
Losing a game is heartbreaking. Losing your sense of excellence or worth is a tragedy. Joe Paterno
If you can't accept losing, you can't win. Vince Lombardi
Losing does not make me want to quit. It makes me want to fight that much harder. Paul William "Bear" Bryant
If you never lose, then you can never appreciate the victories. Laura Twitchell
Sometimes you learn more from losing than winning. Losing forces you to reexamine. Pat Summitt
The more you lose, the more positive you have to become. When you're winning, you can ride players harder because their self-esteem is high. If you are losing and you try to be tough, you're asking for dissension. Rick Pitino
You can't be a winner and be afraid to lose. Charles Lynch
That's what learning is, after all; not whether we lose the game, but how we lose and how we've changed because of it and what we take away from it that we never had before, to apply to other games. Losing, in a curious way, is winning. Richard Bach
It's what you get from games you lose that is extremely important. Pat Riley
We lost because we told ourselves we lost. Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
Losing comes of winning money. Chinese Proverbs