THAT THRILL OF VICTORY, AN AGONY OF DEFEAT

There's nothing quite like feeling the sweet nectar in victory. The roar from the crowd, your teammates pumped/ecstatic/elated, and the knowledge that you've achieved/conquered/dominated your goal – it's a feeling that's/which is/can be hard to describe. But then there's the flip side: the crushing weight of defeat. The silence upon a loss, the d