But I don’t panic. I don’t bolt like a frightened gazelle. I am more than the sum of my fear. It isn’t fear that will defeat them. Not fear or faith or hope or even...

The results in Guatemala (0-0) and Costa Rica (3-0 defeat) were not as critical to me. This one is. We want to end the year on a high note.

Inferiority intentions are sample chapters of defeated stories… Courageous beginnings are examples of true leadership values!

Facing facts is definitely preferable to facing defeat.

Nightmare completed, another humiliating defeat. 10 goals in 2 game. It will take time to come out from such humiliating defeat for Brazilian fans. But I think when you like something, when you fall to...

One good punch from Rube on me would send the sky into my head and the clouds into my lungs. I just always tried to stay up.

Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.

Losing isn’t the end of the world; we have enough quality to be fine. One defeat in nine games isn’t bad.

And with that, I’m going to crawl into bed and try to erase all that has happened today.

I am going to have to stick to the script. If I muck around with the words it will defeat the object.

No one can ever win by defeating someone; you only win by letting someone win.

Once you hear the details of victory, it is hard to distinguish it from a defeat.

a two-front attack on Bush Inc. will increase the likelihood of a Bush defeat.

Unconditional love is something people achieve once they’ve given themselves over completely to someone. Once they’ve decided that no matter what the other person does, they will always love them.

Thus it is that in war the victorious strategist only seeks battle after the victory has been won, whereas he who is destined to defeat first fights and afterwards looks for victory.

Don’t overestimate your emotions because emotional injuries can disturb you but it can not defeat you.

Regardless of gender, one has to be willing to take what belongs and what has been promised, by not backing down and by not giving up. Never be willing to throw in the towel and...

And the looks on the faces of my countrymenpassive heads bent arms at their trousers everyone guilty of not being their best of not earning their daily bread the kind of docility I had never...

I am a man that knows of the possibility of failure. I have suffered defeat. I have created miscalculations. I have even abandoned victory, and fallen in shame. I can claim my arrogance. I can...

Stand up and face your fears, or they will defeat you.

The goal of all inanimate objects is to resist man and ultimately defeat him.

He challenged the world with his genius, and the world defeated him by ignoring the challenge and starving him. He stopped writing because he had failed and because he had no choice but to accept...

We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us.

Obstacles are weak walls without foundations; if you fear them, they will defeat you. But the fact is that they are even afraid of you. So why frightened?

What comes through war is given back through war. All spoils will be retaken, all plunder will be dispersed. All victors will be defeated and every city filled with prey will be sacked in its...

Own your defeats and you will be defined by your victories.

I will remember this, thought Ender, when I am defeated. To keep dignity, and give honor where it’s due, so that defeat is not disgrace. And I hope I don’t have to do it often.

We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat. They do not exist.

The greatest thing the Democrats have ever done for me was to defeat me for the governor of Tennessee.

The defeat of your enemy lies within the peace of your heart and the humbleness of your thoughts.

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 of a lifetime spent visualizing defeat and figuring out how to...

My first coaching experience led to a 77-0 defeat. But that’s not so bad, considering I taught the team one important thing: the value of cheating.

At least we played with heart and desire – two things that were missing in the Wolfsburg defeat,

It’s difficult to swallow the defeat. We started well and took the lead, but unfortunately we couldn’t sustain it or extend it. It’s hard for the players, but they should be proud. In the end,...

In 1975, the Americans suffered a spectacular military defeat at the hands of North Vietnam and the Vietcong, with U.S. helicopters seeking to rescue leading U.S. personnel from the tops of buildings as Vietnamese guerrillas...

Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.

Since defeat in the Struggle must always be envisaged, the preparation of one’s own successors is as important as what one does for victory.

We haven’t had a defeat like that since my first year here. [Canfield’s] defense is the best I’ve seen here.

You can’t allow the false ideas of defeat to discourage you. Every day you should feel encouraged to do your best, encouraged to be your best, and encouraged to work towards your best.

There are feet that are swift to mete out defeat to anything different, but in doing so the assailant is already defeated. I say to them that the lack of awareness concerning their premature end...

Victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan.[News conference, April 21 1961]

When a great team loses through complacency, it will constantly search for new and more intricate explanations to explain away defeat. After a while it becomes more innovative in thinking up how to lose than...

Never stop just because you feel defeated. The journey to the other side is attainable only after great suffering.

Now comes the picture of mass defeat, the most awesome spectacle of the war. It is in the bent bodies of old women who poke among ruins seeking some miserable object that will link their...

Take care of your soul; it will never lose its tournament if Jesus is the coach of your life. He will substitute your sins for righteousness and you will not be tempted to suffer a...

Yeah, your highness. I know what loss is. I’ve loved thatgirl since before she knew me. But I waited. I waited because I didn’t want to lie about who I was. I wanted her to...

If we keep our heads down, either out of defeat or loss or shame or tiredness… whatever the reason, we are going to miss the beautiful sun (and Son) that is right there in front...

The sounds she heard bouncing off the walls around her were those of defeat.

You are a failure not the time when you are defeated.. but when you give up fighting.

Being challenged in life is inevitable, being defeated is optional.