# Quote — David Gemmell, Legend

> The point is [...] that you never know whether you've lost until you've lost. Anything can happen.

- Author: [David Gemmell](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-gemmell.md)
- Book: [Legend](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-gemmell/legend.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/David_Gemmell#Legend) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-gemmell/legend/the-point-is-that

## More from this book

> Life is nothing unless death has been faced down.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-gemmell/legend/life-is-nothing.md)

> “I understand why some men become soldiers: to protect the nation and all that. But a whole race of people living to be soldiers seems … unhealthy. Does that sound right?”“Indeed it sounds right. But the northern steppes make poor farmland. Mainly they breed goats and ponies. Any luxuries they desire, they must steal.”

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-gemmell/legend/i-understand-why.md)

> [H]e who fears to lose will never win.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-gemmell/legend/h-e-who-fears.md)