Defeated misery is what all sport is about, eventually, if you follow the story for long enough; all sportsmen know this.

Nick Hornby
Some Similar Quotes
  1. My past has not defined me, destroyed me, deterred me, or defeated me; it has only strengthened me. - Steve Maraboli

  2. Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure. - George E. Woodberry

  3. Hope is the last thing a person does before they are defeated. - Henry Rollins

  4. I'm not going to lie: there are no good options here. - Jackson Lanzing

  5. A lack of knowledge always leads to defeat and destruction - Sunday Adelaja

More Quotes By Nick Hornby
  1. It seems to me now that the plain state of being human is dramatic enough for anyone you don't need to be a heroin addict or a performance poet to experience extremity. You just have to love someone.

  2. Sometimes you know you've got a chance with a girl because she wants to fight with you. If the world wasn't so messed up, it wouldn't be like that. If the world was normal, a girl being nice to you would be a good sign,...

  3. Hard is trying to rebuild yourself, piece by piece, with no instruction book, and no clue as to where all the important bits are supposed to go.

  4. There had been times when he knew, somewhere in him, that he would get used to it, whatever it was, because he had learnt that some hard things became softer after a very little while.

  5. My friends don't seem to be friends at all but people whose phone numbers I haven't lost.

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