“But that is how one learns, is it not? By trying and failing?”

“I didn't say try to fail. Try and risk failing. That's how people learn.”

“You can be shaped, or you can be broken. There is not much in between. Try to learn. Be coachable. Try to learn from everybody, especially those who fail. This is hard. ... How promising you are as a Student of the Game is a function of what you can pay attention to without running away.”

“[John] Kobak explained, 'The way you learn anything is that something fails, and you figure out how not to have it fail again.”

“Momentarily forgetting how wind works, Lex tried spitting at him. This failed”

“Trying," he said at last, "is good. It always is. But failing? Everyone fails, one time or another. It's how you deal with failure that counts, in the end. It's the successes that you're known for-but it's the failures make you what you are.”