A Quote by John Thorn

Life is more about losing than winning.

John Thorn

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About Life Life Is Losing More Than Winning

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John Thorn
American - Historian
Born: April 17, 1947

A child who has a grandparent has a softened view of life, the feeling that there is more to life than what we see, more than getting and gaining, winning and losing.

Lois Wyse

There are more important things in life than winning or losing a game.

Lionel Messi

Sometimes you learn more from losing than winning. Losing forces you to reexamine.

Pat Summitt

For many in baseball September is a month of stark contrast with April, when everyone had dared to hope. If baseball is a lot like life, as pundits declare, it is because life is more about losing than winning.

John Thorn

There is nothing more vulnerable than creativity. . . It's not about winning, it's not about losing, it's about showing up and being seen.

Brene Brown

You've got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.

Arthur Ashe

About the only time losing is more fun than winning is when you're fighting temptation.

Tom Wilson

A winning player is nothing more than a player on a winning team. A losing player is a guy who played on a losing team that year.

Earl Weaver

Politics is about a lot more than winning and losing. I think politics at its best is about compromise, shades of grey and about issues.

Matt Taibbi

Losing ... really does say something about who you are. Among other things it measures are: do you blame others, or do you own the loss? Do you analyze your failure, or just complain about bad luck? If you're willing to examine failure, and to look not just at your outward physical performance, but your internal workings, too, losing can be valuable. How you behave in those moments can perhaps be more self-defining than winning could ever be. Sometimes losing shows you for who you really are.

Lance Armstrong

And yet as a coach, I know that being fixated on winning (or more likely, not losing) is counterproductive, especially when it causes you to lose control of your emotions. What’s more, obsessing about winning is a loser’s game: The most we can hope for is to create the best possible conditions for success, then let go of the outcome. The ride is a lot more fun that way.