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Motivation Quote by Jahangir Khan

"You can't go on winning all the time"

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A champion admitting the ceiling is real is its own kind of flex. Jahangir Khan, the squash machine who turned winning into routine, isn’t offering a pep talk so much as naming the hidden cost of dominance: the moment you believe the streak is your identity, every match becomes a referendum on who you are. “You can’t go on winning all the time” lands with the blunt authority of someone who actually tried.

The intent is pragmatic, almost protective. Athletes and fans treat victory like a moral state, but Khan reframes it as a phase with an expiration date. The line quietly attacks the superstition that greatness is a permanent condition, and it also punctures the entitlement that can grow around unstoppable success. If you expect to win forever, you’re not preparing to compete; you’re preparing to be disappointed.

The subtext is about control. Winning feels like proof you’ve solved the sport, yet sports are designed to resist being solved: bodies age, opponents study you, hunger dulls, luck swings, motivation flickers. Khan’s era-defining streak makes the statement heavier, not lighter. He’s speaking from the far end of the experiment, where invincibility reveals itself as temporary performance, not fate.

Contextually, it reads like counsel to the next generation and a warning to the public. Respect the run, but don’t worship it. The real measure isn’t whether the streak ends; it’s whether you can keep going after it does.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Khan, Jahangir. (2026, January 17). You can't go on winning all the time. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/you-cant-go-on-winning-all-the-time-61707/

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Khan, Jahangir. "You can't go on winning all the time." FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/you-cant-go-on-winning-all-the-time-61707/.

MLA Style (9th ed.)
"You can't go on winning all the time." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/you-cant-go-on-winning-all-the-time-61707/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.

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Jahangir Khan (born December 10, 1963) is a Athlete from Pakistan.

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