“Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.”– George Edward Woodberry Related Quotes “Failure has gone to his head.”– Wilson Mizner “Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose. Nobody goes undefeated all the time. If you can pick up after a crushing defeat, and go on to win again, you are going to be a champion someday.”– Wilma Rudolph “But if you look at WorldCom, which is the biggest failure to date, they grew dramatically, they were buying companies that were bigger than they were and they were doing it off inflated stock.”– Don Nickles