“There are more important things in life than winning or losing a game.”

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Lionel Messi31

Argentine association football player 1987

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“You’ve got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.”

Arthur Ashe (1943–1993) American tennis player

“The important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win, but to take part; the important thing in Life is not triumph, but the struggle; the essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.”

Pierre de Coubertin (1863–1937) Founder of modern Olympic Games, pedagogue and historian

As quoted in The Olympian (1984) by Peter L. Dixon, p. 210
Context: The important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win, but to take part; the important thing in Life is not triumph, but the struggle; the essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well. To spread these principles is to build up a strong and more valiant and, above all, more scrupulous and more generous humanity.

“Life is like a game. And like any other game, it's important to have rules and a goal. The point is to enjoy the game, not to win.”

Oto Pešer