Quotes About Winning and Losing

Free Printable Quotes About Sportsmanship
As parents, teachers and coaches, it's very important to teach young, impressionable children about the importance of being a good sport. We win some and we lose some, but neither scenario should define how we feel about ourselves. Children need to know how to both win and lose graciously. Too often in school sports, we see children -- even from a young age -- being poor losers. Often, these habits are learned from other children and parents. One way to teach a child about being a good sport is by using free printable quotes from FreePrintable.com. You'll find quotes on a variety of useful life topics, including sportsmanship.

Funny Printable Quotes Hit the Message Home
That doesn't mean that the messages you send to your children need to be sappy and full of cliches. Not at all. Students and children appreciate a bit of humor, so it's best to use both humor and wisdom when imparting advice. You'll find a good mix of both of these traits in the free printable funny quotes. You'll find quotes from Jerry Seinfeld, Jim Carrey and even Bugs Bunny at FreePrintable.com. Print one or several -- they're free! You can pin them up in your classroom, at home or tape them to the kids' lockers before the big game. Just make sure you get the message across to be good team players. 

Funny Quote About Winning and Losing
This free printable funny quote about winning and losing can be found right at FreePrintable.com. As you can see, it's already properly formatted to go into a frame, be pinned on the message board or shared via social media after you've saved the image to your computer. There are so many ways to share it!

More Quotes About Sportsmanship
For more inspirational or funny quotes about winning and losing, read the quotes below. You're sure to find some gems to share with your team!

Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.
Lyndon B. Johnson

Whoever said, 'It's not whether you win or lose that counts,' probably lost.
Martina Navratilova


Win or lose, do it fairly.
Knute Rockne

It's not whether you win or lose, it's how many people remember you when you die.
Jonathan Ross

Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.
Arnold Schwarzenegger

Winning is not everything, but wanting to win is.
Vince Lombardi

Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character.
John Wooden

I think whether you're having setbacks or not, the role of a leader is to always display a winning attitude.
Colin Powell

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

Free Printable Motivational Quotes for the Classroom

Teachers Use Free Printable Motivational Quotes to Inspire Students

Teachers do more than just teach. They guide, they discipline, they uplift and they inspire. They also motivate students to do their best when it comes to learning. Even teachers need a little pick me up now and then, and our free printable quotes and sayings are designed to provide that pick me up. At FreePrintableOnline.com, varieties of quotes are available on many topics including love, life, inspiration, motivation and humor. To strike a balance, print out a new one each day, varying the categories as you go along. You don't want to become so motivated, after all, that you lose sight of the things you love about life, such as your family, your friends and your hobbies. All of the printables can be customized to your liking by adding images and fonts of your very own.

Get to Work with Free Printable Motivational Quotes

What motivates you? It's different for everyone, really. While some people may be motivated by money, others are motivated by praise. Still others have intrinsic rather than extrinsic motivations, and are pushed by characteristics such as being charitable or kind. No matter what the source of motivation, though, you'll find a free printable motivational quote here that can inspire and motivate any student. In order to get the most out of a quote, why not print them all out and have your classroom choose a favorite every week or every month? When they take part in making the decisions for the classroom, they'll have a vested interest in the outcomes of those activities for all involved. Your students may surprise you by coming up with some great motivational quotes of their own. They know how to speak their own language, and many teenagers are more motivated by their own peer group than adults and authority figures.

Free Printable Motivational Quotes from the Ancient Greeks

Ancient Greece is known as the cultural and intellectual mecca of its day, for good reason. Some of the world's most brilliant minds hailed from Greece, and they certainly were not strangers to studying hard and working hard. You don't have to be studying Ancient Greece in class to benefit from the wisdom of the minds of Sophocles, Socrates and Aristotle. This free printable quote by Sophocles sums up nicely the attitude that we should all have toward education and learning. It reads, "Always desire to learn something useful." In the corner of the printable sits a chalkboard, globe, stack of books, container of pencils, and an apple. This is a perfect printable for the classroom. You can tape it up on your bulletin board or print it out on good, thick paper and frame it to keep year after year. As a fun activity, have your students pick out their favorite motivational quotes from notable historic figures. They may just find a quote that they'll remember for the rest of their lives, calling it to mind whenever they need their spirits or energy lifted.

Free Printable Funny Quotes to Make Your Friends Laugh

Free Printable Funny Quotes to Spread Some Cheer

Have you ever read something that made you laugh or smile and it just made your entire day? I know I have, and when I do, I tend to share it with others. That's the thought behind the free printable quotes and sayings at PrintablesFree.com. Words are powerful things. They can encourage laughter, incite anger or cause fear. That is why we need to be careful with them and share positive words whenever we can. Choose from quotes about life, quotes about love, motivational quotes, funny quotes or inspirational quotes. Some of my favorite historical figures are quoted in these categories. People like Helen Keller, Lau Tzu, John F. Kennedy and Abigail Adams had wisdom that most of us only aspire to. We can learn from their words of wisdom even today, especially when we need a pick-me-up or a little encouragement.

Free Printable Funny Quotes to Brighten Someone's Day

Funny quotes are probably my personal favorite because they're so memorable. My father is especially handy at coming up with a funny or popular saying for almost any occasion; that's probably why I love the free printable funny quotes at PrintablesFree.com so much! Choose from quotes from clever folks like Mark Twain, Mae West, P.J. O'Rourke, and even Winston Churchill. Who knew he could be funny, right? Print them out and put them on the bulletin board in the office. Stick one in someone's mailbox to brighten his or her day. You can even save the quotes to your computer to share on your social networks. Who doesn't need a good laugh? Use these quotes as-is or add to them with the Customize button. They're sure to be a hit among your friends!

Free Printable Funny Quotes about Deadlines

Most of us have missed a deadline unintentionally at least once in our lives. It's par for the course when you have to keep up the hectic pace that we're accustomed to in today's society. Douglas Adams knew all too well how easy it is to miss a deadline. His famous quote has been posted in many newsrooms and boardrooms across the country. The free printable quote about deadlines reads, "I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." You probably have a knowing smile on your face right now as you read that. Although missing a big deadline is no laughing matter, you can take comfort in knowing that most of us have fallen prey to the calendar and the time clock. When that happens, pick yourself up and dust yourself off. And share this quote, too, of course. Just as with any of the other quotes, cards and free printables, you can print these off to share in person or by mail. Alternatively, you can save them to your computer and share them with your social networks. Don't forget to check out the other funny quotes available, too.