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Buzz Aldrin1 quote
Nobody cares about the bronze or silver medals. — Buzz Aldrin · 2010Damon Hill1 quote
The only ones who remember when you came in second are your wife and your dog. — Damon Hill · 1994Doris Lessing1 quote
There's only one real sin, and that is to persuade oneself that the second-best is anything but the second-best. — Doris Lessing · 1962Fred Rogers1 quote
I'm proud of you for the times you came in second, or third, or fourth, but what you did was the best you had ever done. — Fred Rogers · 2003