Dick Clark Quotes

Unfortunately, not all stories end positively.

I had the qualifications, but I was not chosen.

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

The attack did not succeed as well as I had hoped, no small impediment having been the loss of my right leg.

Losing a Super Bowl destroys all the good things that happened to get you there.

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

After hundreds of auditions and nothing, you're sitting home and wondering, 'What am I doing?'

Life is a long preparation for something that never happens.

The attempt and not the deed confounds us.

My character, Rick Spleen, is a what-if version of me, really, where nothing did quite turn out right and everything else is still around the corner.

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.

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.

The blind date that has stood you up: your life.

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 read less and less. I have not forgiven books for their failure to tell me the truth and make me happy.

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.

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.

When the Cleveland Cavaliers lost the 2015 NBA Finals to Golden State, LeBron James sat motionless in the locker room, staring straight ahead, still wearing his game jersey, for 45 minutes after the final buzzer. Here was a guy immensely wealthy, widely admired, at the peak of his powers - yet stricken, inconsolable.

Yes, 'Aagadu' was a failure. I was dejected for a couple of months, since there was a lot at stake.

I've had a terrible career.

I've drawn some things that have fallen very flat.

Not being able to end the last game of my college career with a win, it really hurts.

Whenever Germany lose or play badly, there are 1,000 reasons. And no matter how many questions there are, we will never make everyone happy.

It's frustrating when you make the efforts but the conditions are not there to make a great tournament.