Quotations by:
    Rice, Grantland

For when the One Great Scorer comes to mark against your name,
He writes — not that you won or lost — but how you played the Game.

Grantland Rice (1880-1954) American sportswriter

“Alumnus Football,” l. 63ff (1908)
    (Source)

Often paraphrased, "It doesn't matter whether you win or lose, but how you play the game."

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