“I have been wounded but not yet slain. I shall lie here and bleed awile. Then I shall rise and fight again. The title of champion may from time to time fall to others more than ourselves. But the heart, the spirit, and the soul of champions remains in Green Bay.”
Vince Lombardi
“They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas.”
Bible
“Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword.”
“They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the sword: she is delivered to the sword: draw her and all her multitudes.”
“And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I am the LORD.”
“And if indeed you die or you are slain, certainly to Allah shall you be gathered together.”
quran
“And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore shall he be slain? what hath he done? / And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite him: whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined of his father to slay David.”