“Winning means fame and fortune. Losing means certain death. The Hunger Games have begun.”

“Winning means being unafraid to lose.”

Robert T. Kiyosaki (1947) American finance author , investor

“Sometimes you have to lose a piece to win a game.”

Rick Riordan book The Throne of Fire

“The world is a game of chess; the loser loses and the winner wins.”

Jamal-al-Din Afghani (1837–1897) Political activist and Islamic ideologist

“All this twaddle, the existence of God, atheism, determinism, liberation, societies, death, etc., are pieces of a chess game called language, and they are amusing only if one does not preoccupy oneself with 'winning or losing this game of chess.”

Marcel Duchamp (1887–1968) French painter and sculptor

“It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game.”

Grantland Rice (1880–1954) American sportswriter

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

Lionel Messi (1987) Argentine association football player

“I want the money, the women, the fortune and fame
That means I end up burnin' in Hell, scorchin' in flame
That means I'm stealin' your checkbook and forgin' your name
This lifetime bliss for eternal torture and pain”

Eminem (1972) American rapper and actor

“Dieting is the only game where you win when you lose!”

Karl Lagerfeld (1933–2019) German fashion designer

“Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.”

Erica Jong (1942) Novelist, poet, memoirist, critic