Theo Walcott Quotes

I was kind of bored playing drums in a band. Which was depressing, because playing in the band was kind of a golden ticket.

We should have won this one. I think it is a lost opportunity.

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.

My childhood taught me nothing... zero.

I have made a number of movies that I have never seen. It's not a matter of ego. It's a matter of being disappointed. It's really a shame. It's just as difficult to make a movie that no one cares about as to make a hit.

Sometimes it just doesn't translate to people. You just move on, and you feel bad because people worked so hard on it and everyone loved it... Everybody was treated so well and was going for something and trying to do the best work possible.

It is bitter to think of one's best years disappearing in this unpolished country.

If some longing goes unmet, don't be astonished. We call that Life.

Nixon regarded himself as having been cheated by life. He never got my vote.

But I would have executed much greater things, had not government always opposed my exertions, and placed others in situations which would have suited my talents.

The worst part about not playing is when you think that you are ready to do it. You try to get more minutes, taking the chances, but you end up in a situation where things have not gone well for you for weeks - or for years. That is like swimming wet clothes.

The Yardbirds sort of disbanded, and I was disappointed because I thought what we were doing was really good. I thought we were really onto something. I thought I was really onto something with these ideas that I had.

You always have the nightmare of, you know, working with the guy that you've just admired forever, and then he's just totally disengaged and awful to be around.

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.'

Playing eight years, never making the playoffs, you feel like you're running on a treadmill that's going nowhere. You're like, 'Is this it? Is this all football is?'

It's difficult when you're young and you're not playing for your club.

I know how it feels to sit on the sideline and watch a spot that is supposed to be yours taken.

There is so much heartbreak and letdown in this industry. You get your heart set on something, and then you're sitting by the phone for three weeks and it never rings.

The League of Nations could've been something really, really big... it wasn't. A lot of guys were frustrated about it in a way.

There never were any roles for my kind of acting. That's the story of my life.

I've been dropped out of many movies at the last minute so that hurts because you feel sheer helplessness because you know how good you could've been in that role.

It is hard when you think you can do better, but things just aren't working out.

I have stopped expecting from films. What I expect never happens.

I think with England, I look at myself and accept that I didn't do well enough; then, other times, I was playing my best football for United and England didn't happen.

Sometimes when you miss out on points, it is a pity, it is a shame, because we tried to do everything in the game.