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Nobody remembers second place.
No one remembers who came in second.
Second place is really the first loser.
Second place is just the first place loser.
I'd love to say second place is great, but it's not.
He who offers God a second place offers Him no place.
What, do you think I'm here to be second place, brother?
I think second place is the first loser in the competition.
In New York, they like winners. They don't like second place.
I don't like second place; I'm out there trying to win everything.
I'm going to show the difference between the champ and second place.
There is no such thing as second place. Either you're first or you're nothing.
I have a saying: Nigerians don't fit in second place. Everything we do we go hard.
I never could stand losing. Second place didn't interest me. I had a fire in my belly.
One thing I learnt early on my career is that personal gratification takes second place.
If you undermine people's confidence, they turn up at the contest trying to get second place.
It's only first place in NHL. Nobody remembers who's second place. Everyone remembers the winner.
Those whose life is long still strive for gain, and for all mortals all things take second place to money.
I want to show the world that we have the best fighters. Our motto is, 'Death is better than second place.'
If I could hire a coach in this country and I could get Tony Bennett, there would be nobody in second place. Nobody.
In my career, I finished in second place six times. I played on teams that were in it to the very end. It's frustrating.
I think being a woman is like being Irish. Everyone says you're important and nice, but you take second place all the same.
Raaz 3' has a human touch and in fact, horror comes in third place. The first is human touch, while music takes the second place.
I'm of course jumping right in with the attitude that I can win the Eurovision Song Contest - or at least finish in second place!
Property as compared with humanity, as compared with the red blood in the American people, must take second place, not first place.
Bayern are a club where success is demanded, and second place isn't particularly appreciated. We have a history and culture to respect.
There is no prize in sales for second place. It's win or nothing. The masters know this and strive for - they fight for - that winning edge.
I found that being top put all the pressure on second place, not first. The focus is on the second-place team, who can't afford to slip up again.
I think the San Sebastian victory and and my European time trial title, and the second place in the worlds, really changed my life and my career a lot.
My advice would be to follow your dream. Most of my life, I was in second place before I came in first place. I hope that inspired people to never give up.
I didn't lose. I got second. That's still winning. How could I be unhappy with second place? There are a million people who would love to be in my position.
It was always about being first, about winning. There were no prizes for second place. My mother and father said, 'Do whatever you want, as long as you're the best at it.'
My dad brought me up not to accept second place. I lost a karate tournament once and got a trophy for fourth place. My dad tossed that trophy out the window on the way home.
But since we've been fighting for first or second place, it's grabbed the media's attention. I enjoy racing them. They are a good team and when you beat them it's something to be proud of.
There is no room for second place. There is only one place in my game and that is first place. I have finished second twice in my time at Green Bay and I never want to finish second again.
In the music business, we're much better off staying in Bath - we don't get involved in the competitiveness, where you've got to be seen in the right places and music kind of takes second place.
A friend told me about a Nike competition, where they give you one minute to do tricks with a basketball. I wasn't going to go, but they were giving away free sneakers. I ended up coming in second place.
It is madness to attempt to hold. In the first place the troops cannot do it and in the second place if they do not retreat they will be destroyed. I repeat that this order be rescinded or that you find someone else.
When I was in high school, I wrote a play that I sent off to a competition that took second place. I got a check for a hundred dollars. I never cashed it, because obviously it was worth way more than a hundred dollars.
People's mood is really determined primarily by their genetic make-up and personality, and in the second place by their immediate context, and only in the third and fourth place by worries and concerns and other things like that.
Dione Lucas has been obscured by larger-than-life personalities like Julia Child, but she had it going on. She is like the horse that came in second place, whose name we can't remember. It takes more than just one horse to make a race.
I put my career in second place throughout both my marriages and it suffered. I don't regret it. You make choices. If you want a good marriage, you must pay attention to that. If you want to be independent, go ahead. You can't have it all.
I knew Scotty was going to win. At the beginning of the episode, I was like, 'Scotty, are you ready to win?'. I knew he was going to in my heart. I accepted it. I couldn't pick a more perfect person to get second place to. He's my best friend.
No one who has gotten second place at a Grand Slam is ever like, 'Yeah, now I feel fine about it.' Everyone wants the other trophy. But it inspires you to work harder and get yourself in that position again so that you can use what you've learned.
Henderson had a thousand times more to do with the discovery of insulin than had Macleod. In the first place, he knew more about it. In the second place, he was consulted before every series of experiments, and he advised, criticized, or commended.
From the first place of liquid darkness, within the second place of air and light, I set down the following record with its mixture of fact and truths and memories of truths and its direction toward the Third Place, where the starting point is myth.
I understand now that my soul is my power, not perfection or my ego. I continue to teach this to my children, despite their glamorous careers. If we can maintain our core values, the exteriors take second place and become a gift, a source of gratitude.
I have finished second twice in my time at Green Bay, and I don't ever want to finish second again. There is a second place bowl game, but it is a game for losers played by losers. It is and always has been an American zeal to be first in anything we do, and to win, and to win, and to win.
I started singing about three years ago, I entered a local singing competition called Stratford Idol. The other people in the competition had been taking singing lessons and had vocal coaches. I wasn't taking it too seriously at the time, I would just sing around the house. I was only 12 and I got second place.
Night after night in the '50s, I traveled all over New York City. The promoter had 10 acts, and the winner each night would get five dollars; second place would get three dollars, and third place would get two dollars. He always put the best acts on last so the people wouldn't walk out, and the worst acts went on first. He always put me on first.