Second place is really the first loser.
If you don't win, it's not a great tragedy - the worst that happens is that you lose a game.
Mind you, I've been here during the bad times too - one year we came second.
Being second is to be the first of the ones who lose.
People lose games. You don't win them all.
The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.
Fourth is the worst position to finish. You just missed the podium.
What's wrong with being number 2?
