“A long list. From getting cut from the high school basketball team, to getting fired from jobs, getting credit cards rejected and cut up. Rejection has only been a distraction, not a roadblock. “Every no gets me closer to a yes,” was the saying I used to use.” LongUseSchoolJobsUsedCuttingTeamBasketballHigh SchoolCreditListsCardsRejectionDistractionRejectedCredit CardBasketball TeamRoadblockGetting Fired Author:Mark Cuban
“Everybody wants to be a professional baseball player and, sure, as a kid, I wanted to do that. But once I got cut from my high school team, I figured there wasn't much chance of that ever happening. I'm still in awe of it.” WantStillsKidsWantedSchoolChanceCuttingPlayerTeamHappeningsHigh SchoolBaseballAweBaseball Player Author:Mark Buehrle
“I think all the fight stuff. I'm cut out for that. I used to wrestle in high school so I really love it, yeah. I love all the fighting and martial arts. Hey, why am I not up there? Oh, it's just a rehearsal. Keep going.” ThinkingArtSchoolUsedFightingStuffCuttingHigh SchoolYeahHeyMartial ArtsKeep GoingRehearsal Author:Jaimie Alexander
“I was a football player. I liked it a lot...unfortunately that's where I first wrecked my knees. Playing high school football, getting cut across the knees. They haven't healed since. Back then they didn't have the surgery techniques that they have now.” FirstsSchoolCuttingPlayerHavensFootballHigh SchoolTechniqueKneesSurgeryHealedFootball PlayerHigh School Football Author:Mark Mendoza
“There was a girl I loved in high school - but never spoke to. Cut to my five-year reunion: I'm an entirely different person.” YearsPersonsDifferentSchoolGirlFiveCuttingHigh SchoolFive YearsSpokesReunion Author:Dane Cook
“I hear that players tend to burn out of basketball, but I absolutely never had that experience myself. There were many times in my life where I got cut from a team I wanted to make, or didn't get playing time in high school, and even into college. But setbacks always inspired me to work harder, spend more time in the gym, play more, learn more, and watch more basketball.” PlayWantedSchoolWatchesCuttingPlayerTeamCollegeHard WorkBasketballHigh SchoolHarderInspiredMore TimeGymSetbackWork HarderBurn Out Author:Ashley Graham
“One last important influence I'll mention is Flannery O'Connor. In high school I shoplifted her Complete Stories. Having read "Good Country People" for class, I really just felt a home in her work. I had little guilt about the theft at the time. I sucked in my stomach and shoved the book into my pants. It's very big. I can still feel how it cut into my body in the most exciting way. Clearly, I don't feel guilt-free about this crime anymore - I wouldn't be mentioning here, looking for some absolution if I did.” PeopleImportantBookCountryHomeSchoolCuttingInfluenceCrimeHigh SchoolExcitingGuilt Author:Samantha Hunt
“We were lucky if we got two takes out of a scene in the Rock 'N' Roll High School. But the Ramones did get a lot of material cut out. I think Marky Ramone calls Mr. McGree "Mr. McGlube." But that was sort of endearing and charming, and made you just love the Ramones even more. Sometimes those flubs work in favor of the filmmakers. They just couldn't get out more than one sentence in a row. It was just kind of weird. I think they were just nervous.” ThinkingKindSometimesSchoolCuttingSceneLuckyHigh SchoolNervousFilmmakerCharmingOne SentenceEndearingRamones Author:P. J. Soles
“I have to say I've worked very few days of my life. I used to have to cut the lawn, and when I was in junior high school, I worked at a concession stand at a stadium.” SchoolUsedCuttingBasketballHigh SchoolJuniorsStadiumsLawnsConcessionsJunior HighSchool LifeHigh School Junior Author:Steve Nash
“That smell of freshly cut grass makes me think of Friday night football in high school. The smell of popcorn and cigar smoke reminds me of the stadium. The cutting of the grass reminds me of the August practice.” ThinkingSchoolNightPracticeCuttingFootballHigh SchoolSmellSmokeGrassFridayAugustStadiumsCigarPopcornFriday NightHappy Friday Author:Garth Brooks
“When I got cut from the varsity team as a sophomore in high school, I learned something. I knew I never wanted to feel that bad again. I never wanted to have that taste in my mouth, that hole in my stomach. So I set a goal of becoming a starter on the varsity.” FeelsWantedSchoolSportsGoalCuttingTeamBecomingTasteMouthsHigh SchoolHolesMotivational SportsStomachStartersSophomore Author:Michael Jordan