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I was very disappointed when I realised I was never going to be an Olympic gymnast, but that was a long time ago.
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Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Irish actor
Relapsing. I usually spend eight, nine, 10 months sober, then I’ll spend a day relapsing and I get disappointed. But it never lasts too long. I get back up and try again.
Matt Smith
English actor
I got injured when I was a kid and it prevented me from becoming a footballer. Now I am quite happy being an actor but, at the time, that was the biggest thing to overcome.
Forest Green Rovers, my football team, getting relegated.
Jonnie Peacock
British athlete
I try not to have disappointments, because a lot of the bad things that happen in life teach you things.
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