What's in a number

In life we consistently strive to be number 1, to be the best all to serve as the self vindication of personal pride towards who we are; because if we are then it proves and validates just how great we are, all as we look at that number and ideal as the means to our own self prestige and solitified appreciation. Being number one feels special, thereby making us feel the same, where thereafter we can truly value and congratulate our own wonderfully found individual greatness. In this chase for the number one spot which by all tense and purposes is worthy to be sought after, it does however diminish  the appreciation for any other number that could be had underestimating the priveledge that should be garnered for other numbers in which people get placed in. the priveledge towards one self should happen if you're good at something and do well enough to be placed among the best. It is that instinctive need for a particular top spot that undercuts you achieved success and greatness, devalues a hard earn perception of an appreciated talent garnared by others towards your amazing gift.
In life there's only one number one spot, but should that diminish the privelegde of other numbers that should cherished as well. If I were to make a top ten of best musical acts would if be that much of a discredit to the beach boys if I placed them at number 6 or if I were to consider Eddie Murphy the fourth best comedian I've ever heard? The resounding answer to that question for me is a resounding No. It doesn't downgrade your talents or greatness not to be number one if anything it just solitifies the depth of the competition around you,  the sheer difficulty of just what it takes to be number oneand the prestige that it garners. A number is just a number but a belief in one's perceived greatness is the actual truth towards one's complimented talent. A list may or may not do it enough justice and a championship can only be given to one team, even though there are many who are worthy of competing for it and also winning it as well.
You don't need a championship to be a winner, and you don't need the number one spot to solitify your shinning greatness, you just need the belief that you are, the accepted confidence in your worth, and the appreciated vindication that your best alone makes you the prominent winner you've wish to become all along.