It doesn’t matter if you win or lose.

[diamondcutter]

It doesn’t matter if you win or lose. It’s how you play the game that counts.

Source: Miss Small Is off the Wall, Dan Gutman

I have an impression that people use “whether...or...” instead of “if...or...” in the context of the sentence above. Since I’m not a native speaker, I’m most likely to be wrong. I’d like to read you comment.

 

[tedmc]

In the context, "if" and "whether" are the same and can be used interchangeably.

I have an impression that think people tend to use “whether...or...” instead of “if...or...”

 

[emsr2d2]

It doesn’t matter if you win or lose. It’s how you play the game that counts.

Source: Miss Small Is off the Wall, Dan Gutman

I have an the impression that people use “whether ... or...” instead of “if ... or” in the context of the sentence above. Since I’m not a native speaker, I’m most likely to be wrong. I’d like to read your comments.

Note my corrections above. In that sentence, both "if" and "whether" work.