[Ads-l] Show me a good loser....

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Jonathan Lighter and Bill Mullins recently posted messages about the
saying below which inspired me to move forward with a QI article after
a very long delay.

Quote Origin: Show Me a Good Loser and I’ll Show You a Loser
https://quoteinvestigator.com/2024/06/29/show-good/

[Begin excerpt]
Thanks to the many researchers who have explored this topic and
located valuable citations including: Barry Popik, Jonathan Lighter,
Fred Shapiro, Bill Mullins, Charles Doyle, Peter Reitan, Stephen
Goranson, Nigel Rees, and Ralph Keyes.
[End excerpt]

Feedback welcome
Garson

On Thu, Jun 20, 2024 at 9:11 AM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Garson and the Dictionary of  Modern Proverbs find early exx. of the less
> catchy "A good loser is no good," but their earliest ex. of the current
> form is from 1965.
>
> 1952 John Mooney, in_Salt Lake Tribune (Mar. 2) S2: It would have been
> better had I said, "Show me a good loser and I'll show you a consistent
> loser."
>
> 1962 _Carmi [Ill.] Times_     Gus Doerner, former Evansville College
> All-American basketball star,...confessed that "I've never been a good
> loser....Show me a good loser and I'll show you a loser."
>
> JL
>
> --
> "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth.
>
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