Best quotes on losing

[keepfighting**]

The one who doesn't fall doesn't stand up
-Fedor

If you're undefeated you're not fighting the right people -Hughes

If losing is the worst thing that has happened to you, you're doing pretty good -Couture



What other ones are good?


MMA Quotes on Losing and Learning from losses

 

[Joker Jiujitsu]

I actually think Chael had one of the better quotes about losing. When asked about his submission against Silva in their first fight, and how he has a history of losing via submission and a deficiency in the grappling department, he said something along the lines of (paraphrasing here):

"Even a man who's been walking his entire life stumbles once in a while."

 

[Dethrone1989]

"Losses are blessings in disguise" Kenny Florian

"it's not a defeat nor an obstacle that is going to get in the way of our dream, my dream continues, the journey continues"- Lyoto Machida

“When I be losing I be gettin’ my ass whupped. But when I be winnin’ I be doing the ass whuppin’!” -Rampage Jackson

"Have you ever gotten your *** kicked by a black man before? It *****ing hurts.” - Rampage Jackson

 

[Gio]

"It's been a tough fight but my only goal is to be the best, if I'm not the best, I move on in life."
-Chael Sonnen UFC 117

"There's no quitting in me, I've told you that. I'm not gonna give up. I don't give up. I don't know the meaning of tap."
-Dan Hardy UFC 111

"You know, I really don't count this as a loss, you know, I've lost some fights where..... .... .. and I'm not gonna accept them either."
-Nick Diaz UFC 143

 

[chiefwiggum]

"You were at your best and gave it your all. I didn't really try and I almost beat you"
Me

 

[BROWNPRIDE]

I lost cause I was hurt I had neck surgery, cracked my skull, my knee, jenna hit me, I got poked threw my eye to the back of my skull. TITO ORTIZ

 

[VinceArch]

I wasn't out - Tiki Ghosn.

 

[TripLikeIDo]

The one who doesn't fall doesn't stand up
-Fedor

This one would have been more meaningful if he hadn't fallen two more consecutive times right afterwards before standing up against Monson.

 

[Ansonjitsu***]

"You were at your best and gave it your all. I didn't really try and I almost beat you"
Me

lolwut?

I don't see anything profound or inspiring in this statement...it actually expresses the opposite

 

[pinoy wrestler]

"My strategy was wait till my opponent hurt his knuckles punching me out, but the referee stopped the fight." - A Pinoy MMA fighter

 

[chiefwiggum]

lolwut?

I don't see anything profound or inspiring in this statement...it actually expresses the opposite

It didn't say profound or inspiring. Just the best and it works in all forms of competition.

 

[Da Speeit]

That Fedor quote is actually terrible.
When you learn how to walk, it's not necessary to fall.

When I wake up and stand in the morning, it's not because I fell down.

 

[spid3yo]

You wake up after a few years thinking you're a winner, but you're not. You're really a loser.

-Rocky III

 

[VinceArch]

That Fedor quote is actually terrible.
When you learn how to walk, it's not necessary to fall.

When I wake up and stand in the morning, it's not because I fell down.

Maybe the translation was messed up?

I wasn't out homie - Fedor Emelianenko

 

[blewgums]

Show me a good loser and I'll show you a loser.

 

[Anung Un Rama]

The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.
-Robert Green Ingersoll

If you can accept losing, you can't win.
-Vince Lombardi

 

[Reg5000]

"I won that shit" Nick Diaz. Not to mention he used this in defeat and in a win.

 

[Dennis Reynolds]

That Fedor quote is actually terrible.
When you learn how to walk, it's not necessary to fall.

When I wake up and stand in the morning, it's not because I fell down.

Cool, bro.

 

[TheRassler]

I took that fight injured.

 

[The Real Pedro]

Rampage is usually good for quotes after a loss.