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As always, victory will have a hundred fathers, but defeat will never be acknowledged by anyone at all.

Galeazzo Ciano

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Ciano, Galeazzo. Diary entry. 9 Sept. 1942.

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Have you heard that it was good to gain the day?
I also say it is good to fall, battles are lost in the same spirit in which they are won.

Walt Whitman

Song of Myself

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Whitman, Walt. Leaves of Grass. Brooklyn, New York: Self-published, 1855, poem 1.

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Whitman, Walt. "Song of Myself." Leaves of Grass and Other Writings. W. W. Norton & Company, 2002, sect. 18.

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On any given Sunday you're either gonna win or you're gonna lose.

Any Given Sunday

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Any Given Sunday. Directed by Oliver Stone, The Donners' Company/Ixtlan Productions, 1999.

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Sometimes when you win, you really lose, and sometimes when you lose, you really win, and sometimes when you win or lose, you actually tie, and sometimes when you tie, you actually win or lose.

White Men Can't Jump

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White Men Can't Jump. Directed by Ron Shelton, 20th Century Studios, 1992.

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The conventional army loses if it does not win. The guerrilla wins if he does not lose.

Henry Kissinger

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Kissinger, Henry. "The Viet Nam Negotiations." Foreign Affairs, Jan. 1969.

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I hate losing more than I even want to win.

Moneyball

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Moneyball. Directed by Bennett Miller, Columbia Pictures/Scott Ruding Productions/Michael De Luca Productions/Rachael Horovitz Productions/Plan B Entertainment, 2011.

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If you win, you win. If you lose, you still win. There's no way you can lose.

Raging Bull

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Raging Bull. Directed by Martin Scorsese. Chartoff-Winkler Productions, Inc., 1980.

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It doesn't matter how you play the game, it's whether you win or lose. And even that doesn't make all that much difference.

Teen Wolf

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Teen Wolf. Directed by Rod Daniel, Atlantic Releasing Corporation/Wolfkill Productions, 1985.

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Americans love a winner and will not tolerate a loser. Americans play to win all the time. I wouldn't give a hoot in hell for a man who lost and laughed. That's why Americans have never lost and will never lose a war. Because the very thought of losing is hateful to Americans.