Greg Oden Quotes

I haven't had the most lucrative career. If I'm going to be completely honest, I'm a one-hit wonder.

I was 19 years old, pumping gas and going nowhere. I was kind of a high school dropout at that point because I had left school to play hockey, but no one drafted me.

Not to sound too pessimistic, but I just don't see me having the film career that I maybe hoped for after 'The Birdcage.' I think people just didn't know what to do with me.

I'm the first to admit that I never achieved my potential as an actress.

I have not been a success, and probably never will be.

Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations.

Hell begins on the day when God grants us a clear vision of all that we might have achieved, of all the gifts which we have wasted, of all that we might have done which we did not do.

After three failed marriages, I know what it's like to be replaced. So that's kind of how Joey Harrington must feel today... A former No. 1 choice looks to me like he's going to be a bust in Detroit.

And I didn't, that's why my career was very short lived.

I thought 'The Well' was going to launch my career, but nothing happened.

I'm disappointed about how my career ended.

I did the best I could, and in some arenas, my best was not good enough. I've made some bad choices.

I don't rise to the occasion when there's no occasion.

Many feel discouraged because they have not measured up to their potential.

I wanted so badly to be in a famous band, and it was not happening. I played drums with different bands and with the Blue Man Group in Chicago, but I definitely felt like, 'Wow, I did not picture my life being like this.'

During my freshman year of college, it became undeniably clear that I didn't want to be great again. I correlated greatness with misery.

I've enjoyed so little success as a professional player.

I had a good career, but I still feel like I should have done more. It wasn't through a lack of trying. I just couldn't stay healthy.

Manchester United was a sad experience. Things didn't go as I had hoped. I was disappointed, and it didn't help me to rise to the surface.

I think I've underachieved quite heavily.

I'm not really happy with my football career, but I can't complain about it, either.

I'm so proud of what we accomplished during our era of Colts football, but I think every person, down to the last man, would tell you that he expected to win more than one ring in Indy. If there's any regret I have from my career, it's that.

I love basketball, and I didn't get a chance to finish my career the way I wanted.

Lawyers, Preachers, and Tomtits Eggs, there are more of them hatch'd than come to perfection.

It's kind of depressing to make a lot of records and not get the kind of response they deserve.