"We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated."
-Maya Angelou
"I definitely want to play this year. I'll just postpone my knitting club meeting until the following Saturday."
-Bob "Poon Dog" House, 2001 Loser
"With the exception of the kids we are all getting worse at this game. Pretty soon we will banish the Asiago category and we will be only Buns, Condiments & Hamburgers. Then the Bun ranking will go. Finally, there will be no more Condiments and we all will be Hamburgers. Welcome to my world, everyone."
- Cindy Jackson (3-time Loser)
"Side out, again. It seems nobody wants to win. That's why we're losers."
- Paul Stier, 1995 Loser (said during a game at the 15th Annual)
"Would you like cheese with that?"
- Matt Mullen, 2004 Loser
"That's my boy, Blue."
- Steve Smith to fiance Jen Abell
"I predict I will lose this year."
- Dave Jones, 2002 & 2003 Loser
"I've only lost this tournament once. Of course, I've only played once."
- David Kopp, 2003 Loser
"Zero serving 15."
- Brad "Social Director" Bjornsen, 2001 Loser
"Uh, Brad, the game is over."
- Nicole Richter (2004 Loser) to Brad Bjornsen (2001 Loser)
"Can we have just one more point, please."
- Brad Bjornsen, 2001 Loser
"That serve doesn't count. I didn't actually touch the ball."
- Kathie "Poopsie" Trento
"High School was the best six years of my life."
- Rob Mullens
"I'll take a triple cheese burger please....with extra cheese."
- Bob House, 2001 Loser
"It's only a game, Faulker."
- Mike "Spanky" Floyd
"I am sore to the point of dysfunction."
"Does that potato salad have mustard in it?"
- Greg Trento to Jen Abell
"I am in a full-body cast and it is questionable if I will be ready for next year. I’m glad you gave money to the American Heart Association. Maybe they can have an ambulance stationed at Hap MaGee next year."
- Paul “Stierzy” Stier, 1995 Loser
"My calves are bigger than Mark Trento’s, but, come to think of it, whose aren’t?"
- Jeanie “Ringer” Rainer, 1999 Losers Game Participant
"I am always teamed up with a bunch of losers, but they have always been really nice people."
- Ryan "Rusty Grizwald" Jensen, 2000 Loser
"I can't believe I've lost my first three games."
- Ryan "Rusty Grizwald" Jensen, 2000 Loser
"That's nothing to be proud of, Russ."
- Greg Trento
"The key to winning this tournament is not losing."
-Mick Mullen
"I have never seen so many sorry volleyball players in all my life. This tournament is great!"
-Phil Lehnhoff, 2000 & 2003 Loser
"This year I’m going to wear my husband’s thong, again."
"There is nothing like the feeling of jogging around the field, along with your teammates with whom you have bonded all afternoon, holding the torch high above your head, feeling the wind in your face, knowig nthat you've just lost your fourth and final game, hearing off in the distance the screams from the crowd "hey, you're a bunch of losers!"
- Dave Jones, 2002 & 2003 Loser
"I like volleyball."
-Jose Kuan, 1st Annual LC Loser
