[navane]

A proffessional athlete was asked, in the context of a knockout tournament where different conpetitors had different waiting period between matches: "is it better to have more time and rest between the fights, or to have less time but more momentum?" She replied: "Whichever happens to you, you turn into a positive frame."

[MrPatan]

Or the 21st century version: Whichever happens to you, you turn it into a reason why you didn't succeed and you're not to blame.