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What disappointment has stayed with you longest?Originally asked
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The first video game I was in. I was 13 and video games were the world for me, and my character was awful. He had this terrible orange 'fro, his voice was a man's and he was slow and didn't turn well – nothing like me.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 March 2010 source ↗
Oasis splitting up.
Being let go from Strictly.
Not making a movie with Jimmy Stewart or Cary Grant.
The way I left English cricket. I was scapegoated for the Ashes tour in 2013-14 and there was a bitter battle between the England Cricket Board and me for a few years.
Easy – winning the gold medal for the men's half-pipe in Vancouver.
Jonnie Peacock, Ian Wright, Danny Cipriani, Mo Farah, Ivan Lendl, Boris Becker
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