Losing vs Failure

 "There's a difference between failure and losing. Failure is not losing. Losing when you've tried your hardest or when you've done what you thought was right is not failure. That's courage. Failure is losing your focus and your commitment, a personal misdeed or not living up to your personal expectations. Nobody else will define your failure and nobody else will define your success. You do that." — Mike Flood, speaker of the Nebraska Legislature at the University of Nebraska at Kearney spring commencement, May 4, 2012