Good article in today’s NYT about Emirates Team NZ.
"When you talk to a lot of people who have been on the receiving end
of a bad defeat in whatever sport or pursuit, I think the lessons you
learn from that are probably going to be far greater than from any
win,” Barker said recently.“If I’m ever struggling for
motivation to get out of bed, you don’t have to think back too far.
I’ve enjoyed the thrills of victory and suffered the effects of defeat,
and I know which one I prefer.”