[HappMacDonald]

> There's a saying: "Winners do what they need to do. Losers do what they want to do."

What would such a winner "win" though, if as soon as you get to do anything you want that means you lose?

[ChrisMarshallNY]

First, it’s a pithy aphorism; not scientific fact. I think the original source may have been a sportscaster.

Second, it’s interesting that the takeaway from the saying is that we can never do what we want.