| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 41415 |
| QUOTATION: | Show me a good loser and I will show you a loser. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Paul Newman (b. 1925), U.S. actor. Quoted in Observer (London, January 2, 1982).
The original source of these words is thought to be football coach Knute Rockne (1888-1931), who said to Wisconsin basketball coach Walter Meanwell in the 1920s, “Show me a good and gracious loser and I’ll show you a failure.” |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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