The Gambler

You can't win
if you don't lose.
You can't try
if you have not won.

Winning cannot be won.
Losing cannot lose anything.

Winners can lose;
losers can win.
Winners can win;
losers can lose.

Is there anything inbetween?

Play to win;
lose to play.

If you lose to win,
you will lose;
if you win to win,
you will also lose.

If you win to lose,
you will win.
If you lose to
neither win nor lose,
you will also win -
though you will
also win nothing.