Desire and determination must overcome disappointment.
Perhaps the truest axiom in baseball is that the toughest thing to do is repeat.
The toughest thing about managing is knowing your personnel and what it can give you under all conditions.
I'd rather win two or three, lose one, win two or three more. I'm a great believer in things evening out. If you win a whole bunch in a row, somewhere along the line you're going to lose some, too.
Do your best and forget the consequences.
Fans tend to get too excited by streaks of either kind and I think the press does too. There should be a happy medium.