Quotes About Disappointment

My career was obviously cut shorter than I wanted it to be.

I am never going to be made a Dame doing Dot.

Well, it was never supposed to be like that. Walt died before we had finished. The original idea of Walt's was that you came down there, into the caves, and there were no pirates. But they had been there just seconds before! There was a hot meal on the table, steaming.

There are certainly moments in the story room where you watch the movie die on the table. You put A next to B, and suddenly none of it lines up anymore. We feel that all the time. It's a terrible feeling.

It's so disappointing that I've become a tabloid story.

As a true-blue Punjabi, I have learnt to tackle disappointments, especially since I have no godfather in the industry.

Blake & Murphy didn't seem to appreciate who I was and what I was doing for them. After losing the NXT Tag Team Championship, they went on a long losing streak. They needed me yet just used me as an accessory.

When you have a tough year or a year that didn't go the way you wanted it, especially the playoffs and all that and not being able to take advantage of our team and our talent on our team, you feel that. And whenever something is taken away from you like that, you definitely cherish it more.

You certainly know when you have an opportunity, and you want to take advantage of it. And it's certainly disappointing when you don't.

Things aren't always the fairy tale that you thought they were.

The real story of Netflix is complicated: an epic tale full of struggle, disappointment, drama, humor, and achievement.

Your hard work and talent will not pay off.

The RAF allowed me to play a lot of football, but like England later, they failed to recognise real talent when it was under their noses.

I was not a very good football player. My coach hated me - I don't know why, I guess it's probably because I wasn't very talented.

When I talk to people in need, they tell me they want to hope; they are eager for opportunity; they are ready for better days. And I can tell you that every time their hopes are disappointed, all nations lose.

I was supposed to have a talk show on MTV.

My concern about Barack Obama is he ran a campaign in 2008 where he said we're going to bring people together and solve big problems. And he specifically talked about the need to reach across the aisle and deal with issues like the economy, which was obviously the top issue in 2008. It has not happened.

One of my least favourite gigs was a festival. There weren't many people there and they were all talking.

I'm talking to anyone who has been dumped - have not gotten the job you really wanted or have received those horrible rejection letters from grad school. You know, the disappointment of losing, or not getting something you badly want. When that happens, show what you are made of.

If you come from a military culture, and you go into see the general or the commander, and he talks to you very calmly and says, 'I'm very disappointed in you,' that's devastating.

When I was younger I wanted to be a gymnast, but they have to be quite short - I was tall.

I played softball and basketball growing up. I really wanted to play football but both parents said no. I was mad for a second, then got over it. Now, just because I'm tall doesn't mean I can play basketball. I was waaaaay better at swinging a bat.

I actually hated dancing. My mum used to have to bribe me to go by buying me things. A year before I stopped going, I was going to go for an audition with the Royal Ballet. It turned out I was a year too young. Because I was tall, they thought I was older. But before I had the chance to go back, I quit.

I've been the same size since I was 12. They thought I was going to be 7 feet tall. I never grew another inch.