There will always be hard times. Use adversity to fuel your fire. In high school, I wanted to play quarterback but couldn't until I was a senior. I played wide receiver instead, and this ultimately helped me because I learned more about the game.
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Related I was a quarterback in pee-wee football. I always wanted to be quarterback. They're the leaders,... JUNIOR SEAU I thought maybe slotback or wide receiver, ... I came here as a wide receiver and I always wanted to... DANTE ROSS I wanted to wear a uniform when I was in high school, but I couldn't. I was like, 'It would ... TAYLOR SCHILLING I was 245 pounds coming out of high school and some other schools wanted me to play linebacker. But ... ELVIS DUMERVIL I was a WASP kid going to a high school that was 99 percent Jewish and I wanted attention and I want... JAMES ELLROY There was times when I was bullied about dancing and stuff. But you couldn't hit me hard enough ... TOM HOLLAND I always liked my teachers, and I was in a lot of after-school projects. I was a Girl Scout until my... AMY SEDARIS This offense, ... is a better offense than when they had (Steelers quarterback) Ben Roethlisberger. ... GARRETT WOLFE I haven't personally experienced bullying, but when I was in high school, I had a best friend wh... AMBER RILEY There was always a part of me that wanted to be an old-time director. But I couldn't do that. I&... MARTIN SCORSESE When we were doing the cheerleading for this, I was excited about doing it because I always wanted t... CHRISTINA MILIAN I have to work extra hard because I am dyslexic. People said that I couldn't be an actress, but ... BELLA THORNE The surprising thing is that I was not funny in high school. I was always jealous of the funny kids ... SEANN WILLIAM SCOTT I had a high school sweetheart that was my first. We were together all through high school. I had ju... LA'PORSHA RENAE I was quite cocky, but having been hailed as this great young golfer, I couldn't even make the h... DAVID CHANG I've always wanted to play quarterback, and I lucked out to be able to play for my favorite team... DAK PRESCOTT Like, in high school, I was a good student and got straight As. It was very strict and you couldn... ELIZABETH WURTZEL I was never satisfied with just being here and being the starting quarterback, ... I always wanted t... BRETT FAVRE Then I talked to coach Charlie Weis and he said that he wanted to offer me. But, they want to recrui... JOHN CHILES Even in high school, I'd tell my mom I was sick of swimming and wanted to try to play golf. She ... MICHAEL PHELPS I remember when I was in college, people told me I couldn't play in the NBA. There's always ... BILL CARTWRIGHT I was way behind physically in high school. They had weight bars that were about forty-five pounds. ... SCOTTIE PIPPEN I ran track for my school. I played football, but I didn't play for my high school; I played for... NATE ROBINSON I mean, I did plays in high school, but I was convinced you couldn't make a living doing it. ADAM DRIVER My whole life, I wanted to be a fighter pilot; it's what I wanted to do. I set up all of my clas... MIKE VOGEL So many times I wanted to go to Auschwitz, but I couldn't take up the courage to go there. FRANK LOWY It didn't take me that long to adjust to it because I was more of a defensive player in high school.... JEFF BLAIR I never knew what basketball was. I started playing on the playground. People used to laugh at me an... PATRICK EWING I thought about going to NYU film school - that was this ideal to me. But I didn't make any kind... LOUIS C. K. I've always wanted to be an actress, ever since I was a little girl. I've always played the ... DAKOTA FANNING All I ever wanted to do was get a great job on a TV show. When I read 'Modern Family' and st... ERIC STONESTREET My mother gave me singing lessons; that was totally painful, because I couldn't do what she want... LINDA LAVIN By high school, I was telling everyone, 'Oh, I'm going to be a doctor when I grow up,' b... AJA NAOMI KING Once you really understand your role... that's why I think actors get lost in a series. Everybod... C. THOMAS HOWELL So by the time I got to Michigan I was a stutterer. I couldn't talk. So my first year of school ... JAMES EARL JONES I've always had high expectations of myself. I've never felt that there was anything I could... DAK PRESCOTT My mother was a big influence. She kept pushing me because I was very shy and inhibited. And schoolw... DON RICKLES I want the subject to be in control. Because they will give me something I couldn't possibly kno... EVE ARNOLD I love to play guitar and hack around. I was in a band when I was in high school. I never learned to... JOHN F. KERRY I didn't know I was a slave until I found out I couldn't do the things I wanted. FREDERICK DOUGLASS I try to get in people's heads. My job is to get the ball, so if I'm talking trash to an O-l... MALIK JACKSON It just meant a lot because it's something I've always wanted to do. I've always wanted ... CARLY PATTERSON I always wanted to be a dentist from the time I was in high school, and I was accepted to dental sch... MARK SPITZ I had only played five games in my senior year in high school. I was not large enough. Hell, when I ... PEE WEE REESE I always felt like I was a freak when I was growing up and that there was something wrong with me be... MADONNA CICCONE It occurs to me that I will always go through hard times but it will be nothing I can't handle. This... DOMINIC KING I played street hockey in Riverside Park when I was a kid. I played goalie. I didn't make the ho... JOHN KATZMAN If you had asked me back in grade school what I wanted to be when I grew up, I would have said my fi... VIN DIESEL If I wasn't serving in Congress, I've always wanted to be a high school teacher. Specificall... BRAD SCHNEIDER After high school, I always said I wanted to play somewhere. JEFF BLAIR That's correct, I flunked out of high school twice because I couldn't write. ROBERT KIYOSAKI I bought a crystal ball, and I wanted to use it, but I didn't know how, and I wouldn't use i... MICHAEL MOSCHEN From when I was 7 until I was 22, I played football. That was always my struggle as a kid. I always ... GAVIN O'CONNOR I was probably a B student in high school, but it wasn't until I got to college that I said, ... GIULIANA RANCIC There is still a lot more to be learned. I [haven?t] played against nobody like that. Me, I've got t... DEMORRIO WILLIAMS My mom and I have always been really close. She's always been the friend that was always there. ... TAYLOR SWIFT I was always an actor, starting in middle school. I was in all the plays and all that. But dancing d... HARRY SHUM, JR. I wish somebody would have told me, 'Don't try too hard,' because when I was younger I w... TAYLOR SPREITLER Back when I was a senior in high school in Haughton, LA, I had a chance to go to LSU. Everyone I gre... DAK PRESCOTT I had to act in a school play when I was about ten years old. I really didn't want to do it. But... KRISTEN STEWART I quit high school on my birthday. It was my senior year and I didn't see the point. This was 19... BARRY WHITE I had a jazz trio, a rock n' roll band, and I played drums in junior high, high school, college,... J. D. SOUTHER I was in school, but I wasn't into school. I wasn't doing what I wanted to be doing in schoo... DYLAN O'BRIEN When I was in school, I was very involved with a lot of things. I was very very active. I couldn'... FAITH FORD I played basketball and softball in high school. I didn't know much about volleyball until my daught... GINA TRINSEY I was in a form of a prison: not necessarily with bars, but I was locked to that machine three days ... GRIZZ CHAPMAN [After three years, though, Notre Dame coach Bob Davie decided to switch Battle to wide receiver.] T... ARNAZ BATTLE Everybody thought I was crazy. They thought I should take the money and run. But there was just some... LORRIE FAIR I wanted to wash off the experience of Africa but obviously I couldn't because that's who I ... ADEWALE AKINNUOYE-AGBAJE I found it really hard for a couple of years to do any writing because all I wanted to do was play t... KATE THOMPSON I was told I was fat in the modeling world, and a director on a shoot told me I needed to lose weigh... COCO AUSTIN I am more into the old school guy than I am with the new school guys. I came in young and I had to p... RANDY MOSS I played English football - soccer - instead of American football, because we couldn't afford th... WALLY SCHIRRA I hadn't learned to read by third grade, which wasn't unusual for some kids. I knew somethin... BARBARA CORCORAN In ninth grade, I played wide receiver. QUAVO At first it was really hard knowing that I wouldn't be able to play sports my senior year in high sc... LAURA ENGEL I always felt like an outsider growing up. In school, I felt like I never fit in. But it didn't ... MARGARET CHO I think I can play a lot there, but I know it won't be handed to me. It'll be worth it. The school i... KATE CARR I couldn't believe verse was supposed to be hard. It was a snap for me. I loved Shakespeare. TED LANGE You wouldn't do something for a receiver to catch the ball if the quarterback couldn't throw... JOHN MADDEN I didn't grow up thinking I was pretty; there was always a prettier girl than me. So I learned t... KERRY WASHINGTON Since I was in high school, I wanted to play professional football and professional baseball, be a t... RUSSELL WILSON I wanted to play drums because I fell in love with the glitter and the lights, but it wasn't abo... CHARLIE WATTS Until my senior year, baseball and basketball were my best sports; and even when I was a senior, I s... JOE NAMATH When The Who first started, we were playing blues, and I dug the blues and I knew what I was suppose... PETE TOWNSHEND I didn't want to play a rancher. I didn't want to have a cowboy hat on; I wanted to get away... TIM MCGRAW I've always been terrified about not having money. I've been a big saver and a big earner. W... CHERIE LUNGHI I have learned a great deal in my life, and DeMolay helped me to learn that character and integrity ... LARRY WILCOX I only went into a gym by accident. My mum couldn't get a babysitter and wanted to do aerobics, ... NICOLA ADAMS I always wanted to have a family - that was one of my big wishes. And in school, I'd taken drama... JERRY HALL I think it's from high school when I played wide receiver and those thoughts haven't left my mind. I... DOMINIQUE BYRD I was a baseball player. I played in high school and a little bit in college. I was a catcher. I don... TIM DEKAY I came out focused. I wanted to play hard. I think scoring my threes let me score more in the paint.... JULIAN VAUGHN My parents raised me with a never-give-up attitude, telling me I could be anything I wanted to be. I... GRETCHEN CARLSON It always nagged me. I played almost every game hurt. I couldn't do anything about it. I just studie... JUSTIN WYATT I wouldn't want to be Superman. Batman would be cool. But the one I've always wanted to play... T. J. MILLER I've played this game since I was in second grade, and there's nothing more important to me ... AUSTIN SEFERIAN-JENKINS I was always pretty competitive. But I know that I didn't learn everything I've learned until I was ... ANGIE MYERS I played American Legion ball starting when I was 14. But I didn't catch until I was 17. I was 7... JOHNNY BENCH I played the tuba in high school. I wanted to be a member of the marching band. I thought, what can ... PATTI LUPONE
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It was for gentle Shakespeare cut,
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Can be contented to applaud myself, . . . with joy
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To be made honest by an act of parliament
I should not alter in my faith of him. BEN JONSON Laugh, and be fat, sir, your penance is known.
They that love mirth, let them heartily drink,
... BEN JONSON Genius without education is like silver in the mine. -Ben Franklin. BEN FRANKLIN Genius without education is like silver in the mine. BEN FRANKLIN It's just kind of surreal. We're trying not to think too far ahead but we know we have a lot of work... BEN LINDSEY than any other man who ever ran for office in Denver. BEN LINDSEY Trouble is, kids feel they have to shock their elders and each generation grows up into something ha... BEN LINDSEY Trouble is, kids feel they have to shock their elders and each generation grows up into something h... BEN LINDSEY Do your best and let God do the rest. BEN CARSON Force works on servile natures, not the free. BEN JOHNSON Opportunities pop up for everybody all of the time. It's the way that we progress. It's whether or n... BEN BROWN We want books that make our hearts beat harder... that relieve us of the agonizing burden of everyda... BEN OLIVEIRA Stories can conquer fear, you know. They can make the heart bigger. BEN OKRI Happiness doesn't result from what we get, but from what we give. BEN CARSON 'Tis the common disease of all your musicians that they know no mean, to be entreated, either to beg... BEN JONSON Bad people excuse their faults; wise people leave them. BEN JOHNSTON Wonder if there is life on another planet? Let's suppose there is. Suppose further, that only one st... BEN SWEETLAND The greatest waste in the world is the difference between what we are and what we could become. BEN HERBSTER Somewhere there is a map of how it can be done. BEN STEIN In moderating, not satisfying desires, lies peace. BEN HECHT You've got to make haste while it's still light of day. My godmother used to say, I don't want to ru... BEN VEREEN Language most shows a man, speak that I may see thee. BEN JOHNSON No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may ... BEN JOHNSON He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity BEN JONSON I think it's probably honest to say that there's a certain powerful stillness that I remember admiri... BEN KINGSLEY I play golf with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games. BEN HOGAN Running for money doesn't make you run fast. It makes you run first. BEN JIPCHO We are persons of quality, I assure you, and women of fashion, and come to see and to be seen. BEN JONSON He threatens many that hath injured one. BEN JONSON No collection of people who are all waiting for the same thing are capable of holding a natural conv... BEN ELTON It is amazing how quickly the kids learn to drive a car, yet are unable to understand the lawnmower,... BEN BERGOR A good poet's made as well as born. BEN JOHNSON Art has an enemy called ignorance. BEN JOHNSON