Something a Chess Master told me as a child has stuck with me:
How did you get so good?
I've lost more games than you've ever played.
-- Robert Tanner
How did you get so good?
I've lost more games than you've ever played.
Which is of course a different question to "What should I do to get good at Chess?" which is all about deliberate practice with a small proportion of time devoted to playing actual games.
Another monthly installment of the rationality quotes thread. The usual rules apply: