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> # A loser doesn't know what he'll do if he loses, but talks about what he'll do if he wins, and a winner doesn't talk about what he'll do if he wins, but knows what he'll do if he loses.

[Eric Berne](https://quotesby.net/Eric-Berne)\#2

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## More from Eric Berne

1. > A healthy person goes 'Yes,' 'No,' and 'Whoopee!' An unhealthy person goes 'Yes, but,' 'No, but,' and 'No whoopee.'

[Permalink to quote \#1](https://quotesby.net/Eric-Berne/1/ "Permalink to quote 1")
2. > A whole page of learned polysyllables may not convey as much as the statement that a certain woman is a bitch, or that a certain man is a jerk.

[Permalink to quote \#3](https://quotesby.net/Eric-Berne/3/ "Permalink to quote 3")
3. > Each person designs his own life, freedom gives him the power to carry out his own designs, and power gives the freedom to interfere with the designs of others.

[Permalink to quote \#4](https://quotesby.net/Eric-Berne/4/ "Permalink to quote 4")

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