It's a motto that everyone's heard at some point in his or her lives.
"It's easy to be a leader when things are going well, but true character is defined by how someone reacts when things don't go well."
It's not difficult to see how this currently relates to the Kansas City Chiefs, and for all the discussion about the leadership on this team and the family atmosphere within the locker room, this is when that truly manifests itself.
"You don't want one game to beat you twice," Chiefs veteran defensive lineman Mike DeVito said after the stunning 31-24 loss to the Broncos on Thursday night. "Momentum builds in the NFL so we need to nip this in the bud quick and move on to Green Bay.
"You look at every position on this team and there's leaders at every position. So we'll get it right and we'll get it fixed by next week."
While fans have trouble coping with the final minute of the game and how that happened, DeVito said that once they look at the film of the entire game, they will see a number of positives.
"I think we're going to look at this film and see 98 percent of it was great stuff," DeVito explained, "and then there's things we need to fix. The great thing about it is it's Week 2. We still have a long season ahead of us and we'll get to see Denver again.
"We just need to finish. That's something we were talking about in there."
Despite 5 turnovers, no third-down conversions and 60 penalty yards, all of which contributed to the loss in their own way, the Chiefs were still in a position to win the game at the end.
Personally for DeVito, the opportunity to be back out on the Arrowhead Stadium field in a regular season game for the first time since his Week 1 injury that cost him all of last season, was something he didn't take for granted.
"It really was a blessing to be out there, I'll tell you that," DeVito said. "I love this community, I love this town, this organization and I just love the people and the players. This really is a family.
"I had to take a knee and thank God on the way out because I didn't know if I was going to get a chance to be back out there. So I'm very grateful for it."
Facts and stats following the Chiefs loss to the Broncos in week two
BERRY'S RETURN: Following an emphatic welcome from Chiefs Kingdom, S Eric Berry returned to the starting lineup for the first time since November 20, 2014 at Oakland. He finished tonight's content with four solo tackles.
HOUSTON NOTCHES 50th CAREER SACK: LB Justin Houston sacked QB Peyton Manning twice tonight for a total loss of 14 yards, giving him 51.5 sacks in his career. This is the 14th time he has had1.5 or more sacks in a game. In those 14 games, Houston has accumulated 36.0 sacks for 213.5 yards. Houston is tied with Dwight Freeney and J.J. Watt as the fourth-fastest player in NFL history to log 50.0 sacks, achieving it in 61 career games.
CHARLES MOVES UP TOUCHDOWN CHART: RB Jamaal Charles finished the game with 21 carries for 125 yards with one TD, marking the 24th time in his career that he's rushed for 100 or more yards in a contest and the first since he ran for 159 yards on 20 carries vs. Seattle on November 16, 2014. His 34-yard TD run marked his 60th career TD, which ties WR Otis Taylor for fourth most TDs in Chiefs history. Charles became the first player in Chiefs history to crack the 7,000-yard rushing plateau and now owns 7,038 yards in his eight-year career.
O'SHAUGHNESSY LOGS FIRST CATCH: Rookie TE James O'Shaughnessy notched his first NFL catch on a 24-yard completion from QB Alex Smith. He finished the game with two catches for 54 yards and was on the receiving end of the longest pass completion by Smith.
DEVITO TAKES DOWN MANNING: DE Mike DeVito sacked QB Peyton Manning for a loss of four yards, marking his first sack since November 11, 2012 at Seattle when he had a sack-strip on QB Russell Wilson. DeVito owns 3.5 career sacks.
SACK CITY: The Chiefs 3.0 sacks against the Broncos tonight is the most sacks against Denver since the club recorded 4.0 sacks in a 10-6 win vs. Denver on December 5, 2010. In their previous five meetings before tonight, Kansas City only registered a total of 2.0 sacks.
PETERS GRABS SECOND INT IN AS MANY WEEKS: Rookie CB Marcus Peters logged his second interception of the season and his first NFL pick-six as he intercepted QB Peyton Manning and returned it 55 yards for a TD in the second quarter. Peters is the first Chiefs rookie defensive back to record an interception return TD since S Eric Berry returned one 54 yards for the score on December 26, 2010 in a game that clinched a playoff berth. Peters finished tonight's contest with five solo tackles and four passes defensed. He becomes just the ninth player in Chiefs history to record four or more passes defensed in a single game and joins Marcus Cooper (four at Oakland, 10/13/13) as the only two rookies in Chiefs history to record four or more passes defensed in a single game.
JOHNSON NARROWS IN ON KC TACKLE RECORD: LB Derrick Johnson recorded two solo tackles in tonight's game. He now has 995 tackles, and is five shy of passing LB Gary Spani at 999 total tackles.
