“I'm afraid to win, and afraid to lose; I hate a draw and can't stop competing; otherwise I'm fine.”
Mignon McLaughlin (1913–1983) American journalist
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981), Unclassified
Douglas S. Looney (May 22, 1998) "Larry Bird : Doer and Teacher", Christian Science Monitor, p. 8.
“I'm afraid to win, and afraid to lose; I hate a draw and can't stop competing; otherwise I'm fine.”
Mignon McLaughlin (1913–1983) American journalist
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981), Unclassified
“I would like somebody to be hated more than I am.”
Dionysius I of Syracuse (-430–-367 BC) Sicilian tyrant
Clive Foss, The Tyrants: 2500 Years of Absolute Power and Corruption, London: Quercus Publishing, 2006, ISBN 1905204965, p. 11
“There are more important things in life than winning or losing a game.”
Lionel Messi (1987) Argentine association football player
“If I win - I win for all our people, if I lose - I lose only myself.”
Vasil Levski (1837–1873) Bulgarian revolutionary
A letter to Panayot Hitov, written in March/April 1868.
Original: (bg) Ако спечеля, печеля за цял народ – ако загубя, губя само мене си.
Sachin Tendulkar (1973) A former Indian cricketer from India and one of the greatest cricketers ever seen in the world
Ed Seykota (1946) American commodities trader
Source: Schwager, Jack D. (Editor), Market Wizards, HarperCollins (1989), page 172, ISBN 0-88730-610-1, Read it here http://books.google.com/books?id=jNG7r-Ul7jwC&printsec=frontcover&dq=market+wizards&ei=stanR4q2LKTeiQGMxbFo&sig=8NhAQMHBUZCiBzaJjF4o2ZcOGMY#PPA172,M1
“I hated him. I hated them all. They made me hate myself even more than I already did.”
Julie Anne Peters (1952) American writer
Source: By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead