Peter Stuyvesant Quotes

I had the qualifications, but I was not chosen.

It seems like every time you come up something happens to bring you back down.

There's only so much you can do of trying, finding yourself very close to getting a part and then not getting it.

I mean it shouldn't hang you up emotionally if your record fails.

When you have an injury, you are hindered a little bit.

It's so disappointing to put in your best, hard work and then find the film flopping at the box office for no fault of yours.

If you don't score, and you have chances, you are disappointed.

If you work so hard to reach your goal but you lose your pole in the very last run, that's hard to take.

Nobody strives to lose.

Above anything else, I hate to lose.

The attempt and not the deed confounds us.

As soon as he hit it, I thought I had it. But I lost it when it went into the lights. I did my best.

It's a challenge between me and the hurdle, and the hurdle has always won.

Sometimes you can do all the right things and not succeed. And that's a hard lesson of reality.

You never get every job you want.

Anyway, it fell through because they ran out of money. That was when I learned not to waste your time getting your hopes up or to believe something until it actually happens. We broke up for various reasons, but it was a good band. Jim and Don produced some magical music.

I can only say that in life when you have the greatest expectations and you try to do things the right way, it doesn't always work out.

Everything looks like a failure in the middle

Every now and then you dig a dry hole.

Just when you feel like you get on top, something happens that knocks you down.

With any success, there will always be a little bit of a negative.

I trained myself to not get my hopes up, because there were so many times in the room where you'd be like, 'This feels amazing, this is a hit!' And it never saw the light of day.

I don't like to lose.

Going back to coach in Green Bay was the biggest mistake I ever made in my life. I was approached by the organization, and it turned out to be an enormous mistake. I was extremely disappointed. I disappointed the Packers and their fans.

I've gotten rejected a lot.