I never could stand losing. Second place didn't interest…

I can't stand losing.

— Rohan Marley

“Losing myself is so second nature to me by now that I'm always surprised when it's noticed by others.”

— Amy Wilensky

I think any time you go into anything thinking that losing or second-best is an option, most of the time that's what you're going…

— Gardner Minshew

“In the second place, whatever the Lady had intended by by telling them about Harfang, the actual effect on the children was a bad…

— C.S. Lewis

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…

— Alex Guarnaschelli

“Living in the same city as Microsoft, I’m only too aware that, even in low-technology businesses like coffee, the Next Big Thing could knock…

— Howard Schultz

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…

— Vince Lombardi

The more desires you have, the more misery you will create for yourself. Misery is a consequence of desiring - and you go on…

— Anonymous

Why, I say, that to tax the community for the advantage of a class is not protection; it is plunder, and I entirely disclaim…

— Benjamin Disraeli

I'm hearing in youth sports where you're not allowed to post scores of games online; everybody's gotta get a trophy. I mean, that's ridiculous.…

— Carli Lloyd

Neither should men study war with a view to the enslavement of those who do not deserve to be enslaved; but first of all…

— Aristotle

“I think being a woman is like being Irish... Everyone says you're important and nice, but you take second place all the time.”

— Iris Murdoch

“It took only three years for Jonathan Papelbon to surpass Bill Campbell, Lee Smith, Tom Gordon, Sparky Lyle, Derek Lowe, Jeff Reardon, Ellis Kinder,…

— Tucker Elliot

I love feeling loved. I don't love knowing that I will always come in second place. I love the fact that at least sometimes…

— Jodi Picoult

Those whose life is long still strive for gain, and for all mortals all things take second place to money.

— Sophocles