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after being cut from his high school basketballteam, he went home locked himself in his room and cried. he wasn't able to speak until he was almost4 years old and his teachers said he would "never amount to much." was demoted from her job as a news anchorbecause she… “wasn’t fit for television.” fired from a newspaper for “lacking imagination”and “having no original ideas”… at age 11 he was cut from his team after beingdiagnosed with a growth hormone deficiency… which made him smaller in stature than mostkids his age. at 30 years old he was left devastated anddepressed after being unceremoniously removed

from the company he started. a high school dropout, whose personal struggleswith drugs and poverty culminated in an unsuccessful suicide attempt… a teacher told him he was… “too stupidto learn anything” and that he should go into a field where he might succeed by virtueof his pleasant personality. rejected by decca recording studios, who said“we don’t like their sound”… “they have no future in show business"

his first book was rejected by 27 publishers. his fiancã© died, failed in business, hada nervous breakdown and was defeated in 8

elections. “if you’ve never failed, you’ve nevertried anything new”