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Moral victory

And just like that, Ah Q seems more than consoled. He’s even congratulating himself to be sure for his limitless ability to snatch moral victories from the jaws of a clear defeat, however one-sided and painful.

Anyways, moral victories are subjective – meaning other people may not see it that way – and are the stuff of losers, who choose to see the good to feel good. A good idea it is too, if, for example, claiming moral victories stop you from staying downbeat all year round but don’t claim too many of these.

Lest you turn yourself into, well, perpetual sour grapes.

Win a real battle instead.

Anyways, here are still more up-to-date examples of “moral victory” culled from the media:

1. Even without Tony Parker, the San Antonio Spurs are making up ground in the playoff race.

George Hill stepped into Parker's starring role and scored a career-high 27 points, and the Spurs overcame Kevin Durant's 45 to beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 99-96 on Monday night and forge a tie between the teams for sixth place in the Western Conference standings...

Oklahoma City had a six-game home winning streak snapped and lost back-to-back games for the first time in a month. The Thunder were coming off a 121-101 loss at Indiana that Durant called a “disgrace.”

“There’s no moral victories but I’m proud of how we bounced back from not bringing anything last game to bringing that energy,” said Durant, who matched his highest scoring output of the season and fell two points shy of tying his career best. “It’s something you’ve got to feel good about.”