Help identifying a Japanese Poet

[sindri59]

Now if i remember this guy isn't well known outside of Japan but most people know him here. He did a book with many short and philosophical poems. The name of the poet or the poem book would be greatly appreciated. I only remember one poem in its translated form.

"Without losers there can be no winners"

It was something like that. As i recall most of the other poems were in that kinda short and meaningful style too and I'm pretty sure these weren't Haiku.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Nagoyankee]

相田みつを, maybe? If it were he, the book would be 『にんげんだもの』（1984）.

This is a mere conjecture to be honest. But if the guy you're looking for is known for his calligraphy as well, then I could be right.