Graceful losing

I believe it was Clive Lloyd the West Indian cricket captain who said, “Show me a good loser and I’ll show you a loser.” His point being that losing should have no goodness about it. I agree. But it can have grace and meaning. That aspect of losing was on display yesterday after Rafa Nadal had brow-beaten Roger Federer into surrendering his Wmbledon title. I have said this before, Federer is too much of a nice guy and may lack the ruthlessness that is needed to be a champion. Rafa has that. There was grace in Federer’s loss though.