“Everything is a contest. All dealings among men are a contest in which some will succeed and others fail. And some are failing quite spectacularly.”
“You are in a partnership with all other human beings, not a contest to be judged better than some and worse than others.”
“Men are born to succeed, not to fail.”
“aware that he had lost some kind of contest but not entirely certain what it was.”
“It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.”
“If you must fail," he said grandly, "fail spectacularly!”