I'd rather I won too, but they thought the other guy was better then me, so, no big deal, it just makes me want to improve even more. And I guess that's what you should be thinking too OO you should see them and think something like: "wow, they are good, I want to improve my art so I can compete with them in the next contest or something"
You shouldn't put yourself down like that, no one said that you can't win, it's just that there are people out there that are better than you, and me and all the other guys... Doesn't mean you can't be better then them with some practice.
ps: sorry for the bad word I used on the other comment LOL I didn't think properly, sorry DChiuch