"I've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed.

I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed." - Michael Jordan with a more eloquent version of "if at first you don't succeed, try, try again". While there is rarely unanimity on these things Jordan is widely regarded as the greatest basketball player of all time, and despite the sentiments in his quote he experienced significantly more success in his career than failure. He won two Olympic gold medals, five NBA titles and was the leading NBA scorer in 10 seasons.