That's because nice guys stay behind to make sure everybody else
   finishes the race first! It's the compassionate nature of us
   nice guys that does us in. Get ruthless, uncaring, become a
   -hole and people respect you. Go figure. BUT when you do find
   someone who respects you for being the nice guy and appreciates
   it, then you're golden. Why would you want any of the common
   folk anyhow? "