Every time Sol Bamba steps on a pitch these days, he is winning.
Granted, it still hurts if his Middlesbrough side loses a game. He is a professional footballer after all, and this is his livelihood, his passion.
But, having overcome non-Hodgkin lymphoma to continue his career in the Championship at the age of 36, the simple fact he is out there is enough.
"I'm someone just moving forward all the time and thinking ahead," Bamba told BBC Tees Sport.
"I don't dwell on the past. Sometimes I think about what I've done or doing as in training and playing games.