It is also the attitude. They say nobody ever remembers the second place. Yet, everyone is talking about the Turkish guy who got Silver at the Olympics shooting.
And to add to this, your own performance should be the measure. If you are better now than one month ago, it is going well. And, actually, we have enough time as kids, to build one major talent to world class and 3 small ones to expert level, if we do it long enough.