The trouble with being a good sport is.. -Quotes

The trouble with being a good sport is that you have to lose to prove it.

CROFT M. PENTZ
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Those enjoying winning streaks thus win twofold. They win not only the game but also the right to greater self-determination. They become masters of their own fate. That feeling of efficacy, of being in charge of circumstances, is the essence of confidence. Winning once or twice is encouraging, but winning continuously is empowering.

ROSABETH MOSS KANTER
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Ah, race of mortal men,

How as a thing of nought

I count ye, though ye live;

For who is there of men

That more of blessing knows,

Than just a little while

To seem to prosper well,

And, having seemed, to fall?


SOPHOCLES
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But man crouches and blushes,

Absconds and conceals;

He creepeth and peepeth,

He palters and steals;

Infirm, melancholy,

Jealous glancing around,

An oaf, an accomplice,

He poisons the ground.

RALPH WALDO EMERSON
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