NakamuraWhy 2nd Place is Unacceptable
12) "Winning is everything, to win is all there is. Only those poor souls buried beneath the battlefield understand this." -SEAL Team Saving
11) "If you're going to play at all, you're out to win. Baseball, board games, playing Jeopardy, I hate to lose." -Derek Jeter (Shortstop, New York Yankees)
10) "Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to you in life." -John F Kennedy (35th President of the United States of America)
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9) Success is my only motherf---ing option, failure's not!" -Eminem (Rapper)
8) "If you ain't first, you're last!" -Ricky Bobby (Movie, Talladega Nights)
7) "The first rule is to not lose. The second rule is to not forget the first rule." -Warren Buffett (Investor)
6) "It ain't over 'till it's over" -Yogi Berra(Former Catcher, New York Yankees)
5) "Compete like you're number one, train like you're number two." - Jeremy Bloom (Olympic Skier)
4) "If you finish second, then you're the first loser." -Dale Earnhardt (Former Driver, NASCAR)
3) "There is no room for second place. There is only one place in my game and that is first place." -Vince Lombardi (Former Football Coach)
2) "Nobody remembers who finished second but the guy who finished second." -Bobby Unser (Former Driver, NASCAR)
1) "Winning isn't everything... it's the only thing." -Vince Lombardi. (Former Football Coach)
That's all for today's segment for "Baseball Author". If you have a suggestion for a future blog, please leave it in the comments below. And what do you think? Does finishing 2nd suck? Is it really better than finishing last, or is a loser a loser no matter how you look at it? Write your opinions in the comments below.
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