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Second place is the first loser.

Second place is the first loser.

sports adage Coming in second place means you have still ultimately failed to win in the end. Popularized by (and often credited to) race car driver Dale Earnhardt, Sr. (1951–2001). You go out into that ring and you give it absolutely everything you've got! After all, second place is the first loser!
See also: first, place, second

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
VeeraVE:-rahFinnish
Ezer-Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
HopeHOPEnglish
RinṙeenJapanese
Valdis-Latvian
Kosta-Bulgarian
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