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During high school, I would purposely lose tennis and squash matches to escape the agony of anxiety that competitive situations would provoke in me. -- Scott Stossel
I think the tennis is only a game. You can lose. You can win. After that? In life, there are much more important things than tennis. -- Rafael Nadal
In tennis you move a lot. Golf you don't. In tennis, you can have a bad half-hour, but you can't in golf. You can lose the first set in tennis and still win. -- Ivan Lendl
As tennis players, we work and we sacrifice many things. To lose, that's not a happy thing - I mean sure, I was disappointed. You have to come back strong. But to win the last point in a grand slam tournament, that's the most beautiful and most satisfying feeling you can get as a tennis player. It's worth it. -- Bjorn Borg
I've stayed calm when I'm winning and I've stayed calm when I've lost. Tennis is a sport where we have a lot of tournaments every week, so you can't celebrate a lot when you have big victories, and you cannot get too down when you're losing, as in a few days you'll be in the next tournament and you'll have to be ready with that. -- Rafael Nadal
For me, losing a tennis match isn't failure, it's research. -- Billie Jean King
Greatest thing in life: Winning a tennis match. Second greatest thing in life: Losing a tennis match -- Jimmy Connors
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The world's No. 1 tennis player spends 90 percent of his time winning, while the world's No. 1 golfer spends 90 percent of his time losing. Golfers are great losers. -- David Feherty

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