Answer:
To me, this statement is kind of a mixture between the realization that you can't and you're not going to win every time you play anything, and your character has to rise above that. We're all going to face failures, whether they be minor or major, sports related or not, but we all have to experience it sooner or later. There's no avoiding it. I think we each have to realize though, that it's not completely the failure itself that is responsible for our actions, but how we respond and cope to the defeat. We can choose to reflect on it for as long as we feel is needed, but we can take past failures and loses, and use them as motivations and teaching moments so that we may have future successes.
