I was supposed to be a doctor. I was supposed to go to Princeton. And everything I was supposed to do I didn't.
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'm 47 years old, and I have to accept the fact that I'm probably not going to set the world on fire... If I was going to do that, I would have done it by now.
I dreamed of turning pro as an Olympic medallist but I ended up turning pro as the kid who failed to make the Olympics.
I'm disappointed that success hasn't been a Himalayan feeling.
If a man is happy in America, it is considered he is doing something wrong.
I have not been a success, and probably never will be.
I don't really recognise success. I don't see myself as on an upwardly mobile trajectory. I see myself as on the edge of a cliff about to fall off.
I've succeeded at everything except my life.
The sure conviction that we could if we wanted to is the reason so many good minds are idle.
I missed out on the World Cup twice and it did not kill me.
The hard truth is that there are people who believe they're writers and work hard at it and are sincere about it, but they don't make it. You have to be prepared for that possibility.
My sister wanted to be an actress, but she never made it. She does live in a trailer. She got halfway. She's an actress, she just never gets called to the set.
I worked very hard to be a diva. But it never worked.
Every day I realized I would not be a star.
I'm a failed musician rather than a successful writer.
I never think I am successful. If I am successful, then I should be retired.
We think that we have great potential but never reach it.
Many feel discouraged because they have not measured up to their potential.
It's obviously disappointing and surreal when you see someone else win the Stanley Cup.
