Ivan Lendl
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Plenty of matches got away, but there’s nothing I can do about it, so why worry?
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Never to have won the French Open.
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Pamela Anderson
Canadian-American actress and model
That after I collected countless signatures on a petition, the Queen's Guard still wear bearskin hats.
Maya Jama
British television and radio presenter
Probably missing out on roles I really, really wanted, but I’m a big believer that if it’s for you, you’ll have it. So those clearly weren’t for me.
Being absent from my son’s life when I’m at work.
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