Words matter. These are the best Second Place Quotes from famous people such as Lauren Bacall, Jim Boeheim, Baron Corbin, Yvonne Orji, Frederick Banting, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
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 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.
If I could hire a coach in this country and I could get Tony Bennett, there would be nobody in second place. Nobody.
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.
I have a saying: Nigerians don’t fit in second place. Everything we do we go hard.
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.
I think second place is the first loser in the competition.
There is no such thing as second place. Either you’re first or you’re nothing.
It’s only first place in NHL. Nobody remembers who’s second place. Everyone remembers the winner.
If I could hire a coach in this country and I could get Tony Bennett, there would be nobody in second place. Nobody.
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.
In New York, they like winners. They don’t like second place.
In New York, they like winners. They don’t like 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!
I never could stand losing. Second place didn’t interest me. I had a fire in my belly.
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.
I think second place is the first loser in the competition.
I’m going to show the difference between the champ and second place.
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.
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.
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.
I do not want to sign projects in which the depth and essence of my character takes second place and the focus is instead on my looks.
I think being a woman is like being Irish. Everyone says you’re important and nice, but you take second place all the same.
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.
Property as compared with humanity, as compared with the red blood in the American people, must take second place, not first place.
I’ve come second twice and I’ve played golf capable of winning the Masters on both of those occasions. I wasn’t really back-dooring my way into a second place, I was right there playing great golf against guys playing their best golf.
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.
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.
What, do you think I’m here to be second place, brother?
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.
If you undermine people’s confidence, they turn up at the contest trying to get second place.
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.
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.
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.
I think being a woman is like being Irish. Everyone says you’re important and nice, but you take second place all the same.
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’d love to say second place is great, but it’s not.
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.
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.
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.
Those whose life is long still strive for gain, and for all mortals all things take second place to money.
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 such thing as second place. Either you’re first or you’re nothing.
