Playing Not To Lose Quotes

#1. Never be passive. Victories happen when you take charge of a game. You can't win by playing not to lose.

Karen Kingsbury

#2. Instead of playing to win, I was playing not to lose. It reminds me of the story I once heard about two friends being chased by a bear, when one turned to the other and said, I just realized that I don't need to outrun the bear; I only need to outrun you.

Sean Covey

#3. I think we now come to the park expecting to win instead of playing not to lose.

Eric Davis

#4. You're a boy playing in men's games, Sharpie, and you're going to lose unless you're a man. Are you man enough to fight me here? Put me down? Claim I was kicked by a horse in the night? You can try, Sharpie, but you're not man enough, are you?

Bernard Cornwell

#5. I feel like we are playing the Quiet Game. When you're tired of playing and want to shout out all the words you've been keeping inside you, but you absolutely cannot lose. So instead you sit, and bite down on everything screaming inside you, and wait.

Claire Legrand

#6. You cannot turn your winning attitude on when you think you 'need it.' You must work on it every day, every practice, every match - win or lose. Focus on playing to win, not playing to lose, for there is a season of difference between the two.

John Kessel

#7. But I was not especially skilled at minding children for long spells; I grew bored, perhaps like my own mother. After I spent too much time playing their games, my mind grew peckish and longed to lose itself in some book I had in my backpack. I was ever hopeful of early bedtimes and long naps.

Lorrie Moore

#8. If you are constrained to playing by the rules while your opponent is not, then you are certain to lose.

Gary T. Smith

#9. Whether it was Little League or playing with your brothers or sisters, that was always a problem. If I would lose - because I very rarely lost - then everything would go crazy.

Cal Ripken Jr.

#10. It's funny, you can get over the win pretty quick and get ready for the next opponent. When you lose, it just eats at you ... What could we have done? What should I have done? All those things. Just part of playing professional sports and sports in general.

Tony Romo

#11. I am a woman pretending to be a man, pretending to be this ship's first officer, pretending to be a pirate, pretending to be innocent of murder ... I begin to lose track of all the roles I am playing.

Mercedes Lackey

#12. Don't sit around playing Mr. Tough Guy. Don't say 'It's going to go away.' It's just important, just go get checked out. It's not like you're going to lose your manhood.

Peter Criss

#13. It is ok to err, but it is not ok to stop playing; it is ok to lose, but it is not ok to give up.

John Kessel

#14. Every time you lose, you think that life's unfair. You think of the bad breaks. But when you're winning and playing well, you still get those bad breaks, only you overcome them. It just depends on how strong your mind is.

Greg Norman

#15. Some games are fun even when you lose. Even when you know you're going to lose before you start. It's fun just playing them.

Nevil Shute

#16. Once you lose that musician part -not just the playing, I'm talking about musician attitude- then you're lost, man. Especially if you started out that way. It feels so good to be back, starting from the ground up.

Bootsy Collins

#17. If you are playing bad you are going to lose here, on clay, on ice, or on the beach.

Rafael Nadal

#18. You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back.

Barbara De Angelis

#19. Sport for me is about inspiring kids. Here's the rules, here's the play area, sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. This is all about teaching kids how to approach life. If we're not playing sport to benefit kids, I'm not really sure why we play sport.

Russell Crowe

#20. When we 'lose ourselves' in play, we find something greater--the nameless, formless, and mysterious essence of all creation.

Victor Shamas

#21. The math shows that you should always keep playing. But if you follow this strategy, you will eventually lose everything. Some problems are better avoided than solved. Always

Brian Christian