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After failing to make his high school's varsity basketball team, he went home, locked himself in his room, and cried. However, after winning 6 NBA championships and 5 MVPs he is considered the best NBA player of all time.
Michael Jordan
Music industry reps told her that she didn't have the right look, wasn't pretty enough to be a headline singer, and that none of the songs she'd written would be hits. However, her song released in 2018 with Bradley Cooper Shallow showed us her versatility and singing skill set.
Lady Gaga
After being a part of Girl's Tyme, Star Search, and a famous girl group that failed she is worth nearly $500 million and is one of the most successful recording artist in history! She recently came out with a movie on Disney plus called Black is King.
Beyonce
After his first performance he was told "you ain't going nowhere son." You need to go back driving a truck.
Elvis Presley
She was born to a teenage mother, her father left when she was a toddler, and she grew up in a rough area in London. Now she has one of the strongest voices in the singing industry. One of her most famous songs is Rolling in the Deep.
Adele
He was not able to speak until he was almost 4 years old. His teachers said that he would not amount to very much.
Albert Einstein
She was demoted from her first - ever job as a news anchor because, according to her boss, she was too emotional and not a good fit for television.
Oprah.
Rejected by recording studios that said they did not like their sound and that they have no future in show business.
The Beatles
He is the founder of the "happiest place on earth" for adults and children alike. Millions flock to Florida to visit this special place each year. However, he faced set backs at the start of his career by having to fill bankruptcy, suffering from a mental breakdown, and also enduring a devastating strike.
Walt Disney
They called him a boy of low intelligence and he spoke with a lisp.
Winston Churchill
She started off as a struggling dancer, singer, and actress. She even had to live at home with her mother until her hit role in the movie Selena. Now she is one of the most popular Latina singers in the industry.
Jennifer Lopez
He was a high school drop out who struggled with poverty and bad choices. Known as one of the greatest youngest rappers and writers. He was born Marshall Mathers III.
Eminem
His first book was rejected by 27 publishers.
Dr.Seuss
His mother died when he was nine. His first love died when he was 26. He suffered such a deep depression that his friends and neighbors worried about him. However, he became one of the most famous presidents in our nation's history. He signed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 freeing all slaves.
Abraham Lincoln
She was rejected in many roles and called "too ugly".
Meryl Streep
He was left devastated after being fired from the company that he started.
Steve Jobs
Told by a teacher he was "too stupid" to learn anything. He was told he should try to succeed with his personality.
Thomas Edison
He was rejected from film school 3 times.
Steven Spielberg
His music teacher told him as a composer, he was hopeless.
Beethoven
Struggled as a single mother. Took her seven years to finally write one of the most awarded young adults books.
J.K. Rowling