Dealing with disappointment

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Devastated by a defeat? Don't dwell on the negatives, focus on the positives, says former Crystal Palace gaffer Iain Dowie

“I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”
Michael Jordan, greatest basketball player of all time

The greatest sportsman overcome disappointment to achieve success. The main protagonists that inhabit the football world are no different.

“Too often we spend our time worrying about what went on – you can’t change that. Learn from it, but don’t spend time talking about what had happened last week, because that’s gone it’s about what’s happening next week,” says the former QPR boss.

“The way I deal with disappointment, once the game is done I then concentrate on how we beat the next team.”

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