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The race is long. To finish first, you must first finish.
Somebody's got to be last. Somebody's going to be first.-- Steve Womack
Never mind being first. If you want to count for something, be the last of your kind.
I'll keep battling for that No. 1 spot.
First is first. That's the way I was brought up. Second or third are nowhere.
There are only two places in the league - first place and no place.
Nobody ever remembers who finished second at anything.
To finish the race first, you must first finish the race.
We want to be first; not first if, not first but; but first!
The only thing worse than finishing second is to be lying on the desert alone with your back broken. Either way, nobody ever finds out about you.
Winning isn't everything, but it beats anything in second place.
we have to give are best or die
I never aspired to be 2nd. I was taught ... you can do whatever you want in this world, so why not be the best in the world?
First be best, then be first.-- Grant Tinker
We're number one on the runway.
And this is the third place car about to lap the second place car.
I am absolutely delighted to have come second. Who cares about winning when you can be second? I love being runner-up.
It is a maxim, that those, to whom everybody allows the second place, have an undoubted title to the first.
You either have to be first, best, or different.-- Loretta Lynn
To be second with one game to go - you can't ask for more.
Your work is first, learning is first, winning is everything because without it there is nothing.
I'm tired of being second ... I'm done with it.
Let's hope the first comes first.Hope-- Philip Roth
The first shall be last and the last shall be first,
I'm proud of you for the times you came in second, or third, or fourth, but what you did was the best you have ever done
The best there is, the best there was, and the best there ever will be-- Bret Hart
You're not my first. You don't deserve that category. Being first means others will come after you-that we will eventually end. And we don't. You're my last, because you never left.
Man is the second.Man-- Victor Hugo
Sure, finishing last has negative connotations. But finishing second-to-last or last is still losing.
The winner of the first point is the loser of the last.
In his heart he knows first isn't touching a door knob, or getting to sit in the front row seat by the window, or making it up to the road before everybody else. First is something deep down inside you that you know and feel and nobody can take away from you
Finishing first is nothing to brag about.
No one remembers who came fourth.
Once you're not No. 1, it doesn't matter where you are.
I would rather be first in a little Iberian village than second in Rome.
You will always take first place in God's Heart.
Hermann Buhl with K2. First
It takes vast willpower, luck, and skill to be the first. But it takes a gigantic heart to be number two.
In a race, what matters is not who started first, but who finished first.
We're not going to be the first to this party, but we're going to be the best.Party-- Steve Jobs
Being first is no guarantee of success
You don't want to be first, right? You want to be second or third. You don't want to be - Facebook is not the first in social media. They're the third, right? Similarly, you know, if you look at Steve Jobs' history, he's never been first.
You'll never come second by putting God first.
In the human race today, you came last.
They come first.
I thought I had gotten second, but I didn't, so I was really happy.
Loyalty is not won by being first. It is won by being best.
Runner up is champion of the losers.
Winning is everything. The only ones who remember you when you come second are your wife and your dog.
The national team comes before everything.
Alesi is in second place, and Hill is in second place.
Ultimately, success is not measured by first-place prizes. It's measured by the road you have traveled: how you have dealt with the challenge and the stumbling blocks you've encountered along the way.
First is the worst, second is the same, last is the best in any old game.
I am not one of those who think that coming in second or third is winning.
Being the first is kind of dirty, and it's great
I don't know. I've never been on second before.-- Lefty Gomez
You don't go to a race track to finish second.
There is no doing in the world without being first.
It's nice to be in first place. But just because you're not on a winner doesn't mean you're a loser.
When you get second place, you say 'I could have won it here, I could have won it there.' When you win, you never say anything; it's finished.
We all know who the real number one is. Quite frankly, I'm the best in the world.
First prize was a week in Philadelphia. Second prize was two weeks.
I've got to be first. ALL the time.
I've learned that you don't have to win first place to win.
I don't mind being second Beathie. As long as I'm last.
While we cannot guarantee that we shall one day be first, we can guarantee that any failure to make this effort will make us last.
Far more important than being the first, be willing to settle for the best.
Lesson: Finishing first has many different reasons. Run your race.
Life's too short to settle for second best
Being Number Two Sucks.
In race of life, it does not matter who finishes first. What matters most is being able to complete your race.
First and last follow each other.
On most things except witch trials, Virginia will always have been first.
I think if you come first with a new world record, that is the best.
I should be pleased that I am ranked first, but I know what that means. If Peter and his friends hated me before, they will despise me now. Now I am Edward.
It is hard to be number one, and it is even harder to stay there because everyone is trying to knock you off the top.
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.
Being original doesn't require being first. It just means being different and better.
If you think I'm going to tell my wife she came in second place, you're out of your gourd. I'll convey the apology and not another bloody word.
A first-place team? You're always excited to become a part of that.
It's why she's always switching coaches, and it's why she'd rather get third instead of second. When she gets third, at least she's happy to have placed. But second. That's too close to first.
The Babe is here. Who's coming in second?
Put people first and you'll be first among people.
When you are fitted in a racing car and you race to win, second or third place is not enough.
I rather have you win, because in God even those who are in second place are first.
I'd rather be number one on the worst-dressed list than number two on the best.
Number one, one, one on wonderful WINO.
Being Number One isn't everything to me, but for those few hours on the court it's way ahead of whatever's in second place.
And last but not the least
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.
Once you've been first, it cannot be done again. Not by you, not by anyone else.-- Buzz Aldrin
All leading from the rear gets you, is first place at the back of the line.
I have 'the first' attached to my name in a whole lot of different aspects when it comes to the sport of basketball.
I'd rather be No. 2 in Chile and No. 1 in the world.
Why be second best at anything?-- Paul Heyman
Wendy came first, then John, then Michael.
It is never an easy thing to be the first.
feeling is first,
As an example of wealth, good taste, and subtle intimidation, it took first prize.
It must be God first, God second, and God third