There is a lot of pressure on organizations and on players to win it all. If you don't, there is a lot of disappointment and a lot of fallout because of it.

Aware that his disappointment has its source in a defective education, he looks with anxiety on his other daughters, whose minds, like lovely buds, are beginning to open. Where shall he find a genial soil in which he may place them to expand?

I've always been opinionated, unfortunately, to my mother's disappointment.

Few progressives would take issue with the argument that, significant accomplishments notwithstanding, the Obama presidency has been a big disappointment.

The reaction from the fans has, quite possibly, been the most rewarding part of the journey thus far. I feel as though the fans have grown with me over the past 12 years through both triumph and disappointment.

There is nothing far-fetched about disappointment as a subject for comedy. It's something we are all too familiar with.

My dad never told me that when you audition, you might not get the role. He wanted to wait until my first disappointment to tell me.

The devastating scale and frequency of my disappointment was proof of how much I still expected and wanted from the world, of what high hopes I still had for it.

The 'Chicago Sun-Times,' I remember, ran a full-page, front-page photo-shop of me walking on water across Lake Michigan, as if by showing up I was going to miraculously fix the team's fortunes. Imagine their disappointment, then, when I announced a long-term rebuilding plan focused on acquiring young players and winning in five years.

Poor people and working people have not been the focus of the Obama administration. That for me is not just a disappointment but a kind of betrayal.

I've always been a religious person, and I try to think that every disappointment might just be a blessing in disguise.

People from New York have been calling, to see if I'm still alive. When I answer the phone, you can hear the disappointment in their voice.

We are setting ourselves up for disappointment if our hope is built on anything less than Jesus.

The only thing you are guaranteed in football is disappointment.

Disenchantment, whether it is a minor disappointment or a major shock, is the signal that things are moving into transition in our lives.

I wish President Obama had succeeded because I want America to succeed. But his promises gave way to disappointment and division. This isn't something we have to accept. Now is the moment when we can do something. With your help we will do something.

True, foolish risks can lead to difficult consequences. But having said that, don't be so scared of failure and disappointment that you fail to dream.

There's never been a Van Morrison album that I haven't immediately listened to, whether with delight or crushing disappointment.

The devastating scale and frequency of my disappointment was proof of how much I still expected and wanted from the world, of what high hopes I still had for it.

I made my kids into Viking fans, so they will carry their misery with them, too. A little disappointment in life goes a long way.