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
This video captures Wilma’s words very powerfully. John Stephen Akhwari of Tanzania remains a personal to me ever since I saw this live on TV as a thirteen-year-old. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6oW9uYtJnA