Being the best can be a very rewarding experience. Everyone wants to be valued by others, but it is important that you also have humility and compassion. If you spend all of your time and energy with the goal of being the best then you could be missing out on the more rewarding parts of life, and balance is also important as well. Anything worth earning, including the title of number one, is worth working hard for.
A great man is hard on himself; a small man is hard on others.
A person who feels appreciated will always do more than expected.
They say a smile's worth a thousand words, but his is worth every bit of a million.