The art of victory is learned in defeat.

“You will struggle. You will be mocked. You will be alone. The world will not give you recognition. The world will not give you,…

— Avijeet Das

If lessons are learned in defeat, our team is getting a great education.

— Murray Warmath

I've learned so much, so very much about myself in defeat. I've learned very little to nothing in victory.

— Floyd Patterson

I learned much more from defeat than I ever learned from winning.

— Grantland Rice

It's easy to do anything in victory. It's in defeat that a man reveals himself.

— Floyd Patterson

My optimism and confidence come not from feeling I'm luckier than other mortals, and they sure don't come from visualizing victory. They're the result…

— Chris Hadfield

The great mistake is to anticipate the outcome of the engagement; you ought not to be thinking of whether it ends in victory or…

— Bruce Lee

A hard-fought, well-fought, hairline-close game is as classical in sports as tragedy is in the theater. Victory is contained within defeat, and defeat is…

— Joe Paterno

Obstacles are necessary for success because in selling, as in all careers of importance, victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats. Yet…

— Og Mandino

When the 2008 victory of Barack Obama and the defeat of grumpy old John McCain began looking, um, inevitable, I started fielding inquiries about…

— Rick Perlstein

“There’s a victory that looks like defeat.”

— Tamerlan Kuzgov

The ultimate aim of Karate lies not in victory or defeat, but in the perfection of the character of its participants.

— Gichin Funakoshi

“The glow of victory and the harsh chill of defeat are two sides of the same coin.”

— Maria Lenartowicz

“Defeat is a disease, and victory is the cure.”

— Anonymous

Defeat furnishes good material to the poets and the artists, but none of us care to have the glory of the conquered apply to…

— Susan Glaspell