Second Place Quotes

69 quotes by 65 authors

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… — Lauren Bacall
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… — Justin Bieber
Winning isn't everything, but it beats anything in second place. — William C. Bryant
I never could stand losing. Second place didn't interest me. I had a fire in my belly. — Ty Cobb
It is a maxim, that those, to whom everybody allows the second place, have an undoubted title to the first. — Jonathan Swift
Flattery pleases very generally. In the first place, the flatterer may think what he says to be true; but, in the second place, whether he… — Samuel Johnson
The more desires you have, the more misery you will create for yourself. Misery is a consequence of desiring - and you go on desiring.… — Rajneesh
Without undervaluing any other human agency, it may be safely affirmed that the Common School, improved and energized, as it can easily be, may become… — Horace Mann
There is no doubt that man is a competitive animal and there is no place where this fact is more obvious than in the ring.… — Rocky Marciano
Second place is meaningless. You can't always be first, but you have to believe that you should have been - that you were never beaten… — Vince Lombardi
I did everything I could do and tried as hard as I could. In light of how I putted, I guess second place will do. — Cristie Kerr
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… — Lauren Alaina
What is better adapted than the festive use of wine in the first place to test and in the second place to train the character… — Plato
The contradiction [trying to use Russian model to reshape Italy] grew to such an extent that I felt totally cut off from the communist world… — Italo Calvino
Speaking of New York as a traveller I have two faults to find with it. In the first place there is nothing to see; and… — Anthony Trollope
My greatest concern was what to call it. I thought of calling it â€˜informationâ€™, but the word was overly used, so I decided to call… — Claude Shannon
I don't believe in democracy. In the second place, neither did our white forefathers. I believe, as they did, in a republican authoritarian republic with… — George Lincoln Rockwell
It was a death struggle every day being a Yankee you either won or you lost. There was no second place. Half of us were… — Jerry Coleman
There is no such thing as second place. Either you're first or you're nothing. — Gabe Paul
Second place is really the first loser. — George Steinbrenner

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