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Quotes About Second place

Bayern are a club where success is demanded, and second place isn't particularly appreciated. We have a history and culture to respect.
~ Manuel Neuer
No one understood striving for second place. It was un-American. "She just wanted peace
~ Karin Slaughter
Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion.
~ Richard M. Nixon
After five years in Ferrari, being second all the time, I think it was enough for me.
~ Fernando Alonso
I took his wildness from him and tried to fold it into myself, filling up the empty spaces all those second place finishes left behind.
~ Sarah Dessen
I liked the way they treated the first, second, and third place finishers equally. It was an amazing year. I only entered two song contests this year I won one and placed second in the other. And I entered each of them a day or two before the deadline.
~ Arthur Godfrey
Property as compared with humanity, as compared with the red blood in the American people, must take second place, not first place.
~ Woodrow Wilson
No one remembers the runner-up!
~ Ricky Whittle
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.
~ Ramon Rodriguez
the first place smelled like work, so I took the second
~ Charles Bukowski, Post Office
It's always been a dream of mine, and a childhood fantasy, to play a great champion. I would much rather haven been an athlete than an actor. This is like some second place consolation prize.
~ Mark Wahlberg