David Bunney

He was cut from his high school basketball team. Told he wasn't good enough.

He used the pain as fuel.

"I've failed over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed." — Michael Jordan

He was 65 years old, broke, and living off his first Social Security cheque.

He drove across America with a recipe. Got rejected 1,009 times.

The 1,010th person said yes.

"No hours, nor amount of labour, nor amount of money would deter me." — Colonel Sanders

He was fired for "lacking imagination." His first company went bankrupt. He lost the rights to his own character.

On a train ride home, broke and humiliated, he sketched a mouse.

"All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them." — Walt Disney