Defeat Quotes

"I don't want to be saying we nearly won again, because the margin of defeat does not matter,"

"Kim talked about them having a target on their back, and when you defeat the No. 4 team in the country, you all of a sudden have become a target yourself — and that's OK. Any coach would prefer being a target versus chasing one."

"Our all-out focus is on defeating the state of Massachusetts constitutional amendment. We're trying to defeat it in the Legislature so it never gets to the ballot."

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

"We probably do have enough votes in the House to defeat it. It's going to be a battle."

"There is a hangover from a defeat like Denmark - ask any player about when they've had a bad game, it's still in there somewhere in the back of your mind,"

"They realize they can't attack us and defeat us in a conventional sense. What they are trying to do is break our will. They are trying to capture the headlines. But these attacks -- with the exception of a seriously injured civilian -- have had frankly no tactical value and they're militarily insignificant,"

"It's going to be impossible to defeat him unless he turns out to be an ax murderer and there's been no evidence of that presented, ... It's up to the civil rights groups to make the best case they can make."

"I don't have any explanation for this defeat. I'm stunned, and I don't know what to say."

"Defeat - For every winner there are dozens of losers. Odds are you're one of them."

"It's going to be a battle, ... We probably do have enough votes in the House to defeat it."

"He told me, 'Don't you worry: They will not destroy me or break me. I shall defeat them all."

"We are still sick as parrots [over the Grimsby defeat], because it was the shortest way to Europe but tonight it was all right. I think we deserved the win."

"We think we can defeat the bill."

"Defeat should never be a source of discouragement but rather a fresh stimulus"

"We turned around a big defeat at Leicester last week with a relatively new team, and that's good. I think they found the passion we've always had at Northampton."

"How on earth do they have the spirit and the heart to move forward? This was such a crushing defeat. We've got the momentum. We've got the unity. We've got the enthusiasm."

"Miss Searle had always considered boredom an intellectual defeat"

"I can't imagine anybody wanting to stand against him because it is quite likely they would face a crushing defeat."

"There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no defeat except from within, no insurmountable barrier except our own inherent weakness of purpose."