These win or lose quotes will inspire you. Win or lose, whether one succeeds or fails.
A collection of motivating, happy, and encouraging win or lose quotes, win or lose sayings, and win or lose proverbs.
Famous Win or Lose Quotes
- “The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.” ~ Vince Lombardi
- “If I have given my all and still do not win, I haven’t lost. Others might remember winning or losing; I remember the journey.” ~ Apolo Ohno
- “Win or lose you will never regret working hard, making sacrifices, being disciplined, or focusing too much. Success is measured by what we have done to prepare for competition.” ~ John Smith
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“It’s not about winning or losing, but love and respect.” ~ Max Lucado
- “We play with enthusiasm and recklessness. We aren’t afraid to lose. If we win, great; but win or lose, it is the competition that gives us pleasure.” ~ Joe Paterno
- “Every team requires unity. A team has to move as one unit, one force, with each person understanding and assisting the roles of his teammates. If the team doesn’t do this, whatever the reason, it goes down in defeat. You win or lose as a team, as a family.” ~ Jack Kemp
- “The secret to success is doing the best that you can do. Forget about whether you might win or lose. By working hard and practicing the skills that you need to perform, the results will take care of themselves. Being successful is about doing your best.” ~ Barbara Cochran
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“It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.” ~ Vince Lombardi
- “It’s not winning or losing. It’s the friends and the people that you meet along the way.” ~ Summer Altice
- “Life does not play with marked cards. Winning or losing is part of it.” ~ Paulo Coelho
- “Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.” ~ Lyndon B. Johnson
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“It’s not whether you win or lose, it’s how you place the blame.” ~ Oscar Wilde
- “When the game is over I just want to look at myself in the mirror, win or lose, and know I gave it everything I had.” ~ Joe Montana
- “Whether you win or lose, whether you have a good day or bad day, God is with you; He loves you.” ~ Luci Swindoll
- “Win or lose today I am proud of the way my boys have played in the tournament.” ~ Imran Khan
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“Whoever said, ‘It’s not whether you win or lose that counts,’ probably lost.” ~ Martina Navratilova
- “It’s the attitude of the players, not their skills, that is the biggest factor in determining whether you win or lose.” ~ Harry Sinden
- “You can choose, don’t confuse, win or lose, it’s up to you.” ~ Ozzy Osbourne
- “Every endeavor pursued with passion produces a successful outcome, regardless of the result. For it is not about winning or losing – rather, the effort put forth in producing the outcome.” ~ Matthew Syed
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“If it doesn’t matter who wins or loses, then why do they keep score?” ~ Vince Lombardi
- “On any given Sunday you’re gonna win or you’re gonna lose. The point is — can you win or lose like a man?” ~ Al Pacino
- “Sometimes when you win, you really lose. And sometimes when you lose, you really win. And sometimes when you win or lose, you actually tie. And sometimes when you tie, you actually win or lose. Winning or losing is all one organic mechanism, from which one extracts what one needs.” ~ Rosie Perez
- “It does not matter whether you win or lose, what matters is whether I win or lose!” ~ Steven Weinberg
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“Prepare to win, or lose to someone who is.” ~ Jeffrey Gitomer
- “The only thing even in this world is the number of hours in a day. The difference in winning or losing is what you do with those hours.” ~ Woody Hayes
- “Failure is important because the first time you win (or lose), it could be luck, it could be timing, or it could be talent. It’s only after you fail once or twice and learn to rely equally on thought, analysis, and anticipation-in addition to speed, talent, and execution-that you can really call yourself an entrepreneur … In the long run, it’s mind over muscle, strategy over strength, and a healthy perspective-not just a lot of perspiration-that make someone a real success in his or her business and in the equally important rest of his or her life.” ~ Howard A. Tullman
- “In American elections, there are no losers because whether or not our candidates win or lose, the next morning we wake up as Americans.” ~ John F. Kerry
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“It’s up to us to choose whether we win or lose…and I choose to win.” ~ Mary J. Blige
- “How you gather, manage, and use information will determine whether you win or lose.” ~ Bill Gates
- “Win or lose, people know what you want to do.” ~ Hillary Clinton
- “It is not up to me whether I win or lose. Ultimately, this might not be my day. And it is that philosophy towards sports, something that I really truly live by. I am emotional. I want to win. I am hungry. I am a competitor. I have that fire. But deep down, I truly enjoy the art of competing so much more than the result.” ~ Apolo Ohno , Win or lose quotes in sports
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“You’ve got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.” ~ Arthur Ashe
- “Mental strength is really important because you either win or lose in your mind. And I’m not solely talking about sporting matches, boxing events – anything you do, you do it first with your mental strength. And you can actually train and develop it, and I am responsible for what I’m saying because I have experience with that.” ~ Wladimir Klitschko
- “If you join a fight for social justice you may win or lose, but just by being part of the struggle, you win, and your life will be better for it.” ~ Howard Zinn
- “Nobody likes to hear it, because it’s dull, but the reason you win or lose is darn near always the same – pitching.” ~ Earl Weaver
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“I can’t say, ‘It doesn’t matter if you win or lose.’ It’s not true. You go in to win.” ~ Katarina Witt
- “When I was deciding to fight, the thought of winning or losing didn’t bother me.” ~ Velupillai Prabhakaran
- “When you are ignorant of the enemy but know yourself, your chances of winning or losing are equal.” ~ Sun Tzu
- “No matter if you win or lose, the most important thing in life is to enjoy what you have.” ~ Dong Dong , No matter win or lose quotes
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“It’s not whether you win or lose – but whether I win or lose.” ~ Sandy Lyle
- “When you play Bobby, it is not a question if you win or lose. It is a question if you survive.” ~ Boris Spassky
- “I don’t know. Only God knows where the story ends for me, but I know where the story begins. It’s up to us to choose, whether we win or lose and I choose to win.” ~ Mary J. Blige
- “You find that you have peace of mind and can enjoy yourself, get more sleep, and rest when you know that it was a one hundred percent effort that you gave – win or lose.” ~ Gordie Howe
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“Win or lose, do it fairly.” ~ Knute Rockne
- “Whoever said, “It’s not whether you win or lose but how you play the game” is full of it! Winning makes all the difference in the world. Winning is fun. Losing is not. Losing sucks.” ~ Pete Rose
- “Loyalty is still the same, whether it win or lose the game; as true as a dial to the sun, although it be not shined upon.” ~ Samuel Butler
- “When you are 16 there is no fear whatsoever. As you get older you play in more important games and that is when you start thinking about what will happen if you win or lose.” ~ Wayne Rooney
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“I know it’s not a one-man team win or lose.” ~ Brett Favre
- “How you run the race – your planning, preparation, practice, and performance – counts for everything. Winning or losing is a by-product, and aftereffect, of that effort.” ~ John Wooden
- “The spirit of a warrior is not geared to indulging and complaining, nor is it geared to winning or losing. The spirit of a warrior is geared only to struggle, and every struggle is a warrior’s last battle on earth. Thus the outcome matters very little to him. In his last battle on earth a warrior lets his spirit flow free and clear. And as he wages his battle, knowing that his intent is impeccable, a warrior laughs and laughs.” ~ Carlos Castaneda
- “In Montana, a math teacher is running for the Senate. Win or lose, she plans on demanding a recount because math is fun.” ~ Conan O’Brien
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“In training, there is no winning or losing. There is only learning.” ~ Tucker Max
- “It’s not whether you win or lose, it’s how many people remember you when you die.” ~ Jonathan Ross
- “If you sue somebody it takes two years, three years, and your anger just gets lost in between. And even if you win or lose the trial, it takes such a long time. If you want to really take a personal revenge, you’d better do it by yourself and at the right time.” ~ Gaspar Noe
- “Regardless of what happens, I still honor my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, because at the end of the day, that’s what’s important, win or lose. … We need to get back to one nation under God, and be role models for kids.” ~ Tim Tebow
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“Whatever road you choose, I’m right behind you win or lose.” ~ Rod Stewart
- “Sure, it’s nice to win. But there’s only one thing that’s important to me and that’s the money we’re going to get, win or lose. . . . I don’t love baseball, I like it. And to me, baseball means money, and that’s all I care about.” ~ Vida Blue
- “Thus we see that the all important thing is not killing or giving life, drinking or not drinking, living in the town or the country, being unlucky or lucky, winning or losing. It is how we win, how we lose, how we live or die, finally, how we choose.” ~ Reginald Horace Blyth
- “Contrary to what our brains are telling us, there’s no mystical force that imbues a winner with a streak of luck, nor is there a cosmic sense of justice that ensures that a loser’s luck will turn around. The universe doesn’t care one whit whether you’ve been winning or losing; each roll of the dice is just like every other.” ~ Charles Seife
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“The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand” ~ Vince Lombardi
- “I’m competitive with myself, but not with other people. I set goals for myself. I don’t really care about winning or losing as long as I do my best.” ~ Lucas Grabeel
- “Grantland Rice, the great sportswriter once said, ‘It’s not whether you win or lose, it’s how you play the game.’ Well Grantland Rice can go to hell as far as I’m concerned.” ~ Gene Autry
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“Win or lose, I’ll feel good about myself. That’s what is important.” ~ Mary Docter
- “When you’ve done everything you can to train yourself for competition, you’ll sleep well when the tournament is over, win or lose.” ~ Karch Kiraly
- “It was close, but that’s the way it is in war. You win or lose, live or die – and the difference is just an eyelash.” ~ Douglas MacArthur
