Alonzo Mourning Quotes

You never forget the feeling of not getting to the World Series. Yes, it sticks with you.

To miss out on the top four in Europe is heartbreaking, really.

It took years, honestly, to deal with the disappointment of Beijing.

I'm disappointed about how my career ended.

The deepest personal defeat suffered by human beings is constituted by the difference between what one was capable of becoming and what one has in fact become.

But here's the thing: I had this great job, and I would still feel terribly depressed. I would just be like, 'This isn't the sweet spot. I thought this would be it, and I don't feel happy.'

I resented that my career wasn't going the way that it was supposed to. And I was angry that I wasn't getting the parts that I wanted.

After you get what you want you don't want it.

I don't know whether I'm misanthropic. It seems to me I'm constantly disappointed. I'm very easily disappointed. Disappointed in the things that people do; disappointed in the things that people construct. I want things to be better all the time.

You were always told that if you worked hard, you would get somewhere. But so many people feel they have worked hard and they have nothing to show for it.

It is always disappointing when you miss a match.

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 remember playing games and having tears roll down my face because it felt like it was never going to be good enough.

I thought, that day I started, I sure would hate to do this all my life, And dammit, that’s just what I’ve gone and done.

The discontented believe that their regrets are about the past.

My England captaincy was not the England captaincy I wanted, that's what will live with me for a long time.

If you're alive for more than five minutes, you're going to be disappointed.

I'm disappointed that I really haven't been able to race in a way that is reflective of the amount of work that I have done and how I have trained. But I don't regret giving this a go.

I should have been deliriously happy. I had my dream come true. I'm a best-selling author. So why is everything in my life, including my writing, going bad?

I always wanted to be an explorer, but - it seemed I was doomed to be nothing more than a very silly person.

No one was more shocked or angry than I was when we didn't find the weapons. I had a sickening feeling every time I thought about it. I still do.

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

At the end of the day, I've played six years, haven't made the playoffs yet, that burns me and hurts my heart, so I really want to be playing.

I was miserable in WCW. I knew I wasn't going to go any higher there, and jumping to WWE hadn't even crossed my mind. I couldn't stop wondering, 'Is this it? Is this what I worked my whole life for?'