An easy win is often a curse instead of a blessing; because it develops a confident belief that so little fight is required to typically win, which most often is not the likely case.

The habit of losing small battles gives way to losing the big ones. Failure can be permanent only when we fail to notice the regularity at which we are failing. Don't give-up. No opposition is stronger than your courage, make efforts, even if going down is inevitable better go down as heroes & not as sitting ducks.

People justify their actions which they think as right, for the rest they provide excuses.We are so involved in justifying the opponent's win, that we conveniently ignore to analyze our loss. Remember, we can only make our opponent weaker by making ourselves stronger.

Leave the boasting for post-game. Let your performance prove the point, remember - one unsatisfactory performance is having a bad day, but the regular low performances reflects: flaw in the technique, emotional immunity to loss or a lack of desire to win. Enough for dragging the entire team down

When we lose despite giving everything, we may have lost the trophy, but won the biggest of the awards which is self-satisfaction and a confidence that even defeat needs some luck to defeat us.

There is an extra chance of losing when we play to draw the game rather than playing for a win, mediocrity starts by being too cautious, we start thinking so much about the things we are afraid of, that we stop looking at things which should be feared.

The best way to lose a game is to assume that it is over, when it isn't, yet. The second best way is to assume that no fight is left within us, but to guarantee a loss is to mentally enter the game as a loser.

A team wins not because of senior or star players, but due to the game changers, because they do not wait for the chance to score, they create a chance to score.