Out of the first four stores F. W. Woolworth opened, three failed. When he died, he was worth more than $20 million. Einstein was 4 years old before he could speak. Isaac Newton did poorly in grand school and was considered "unpromising". Beethoven's music teacher once said of him, "As a composer, he is hopeless." Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team. Walt Disney was fired from a newspaper because he "lacked imagination, and had no good ideas". Admiral Peary tried to reach the North Pole on seven different trips before he made it on the eighth. Thomas Edison's teacher told him he was too stupid to learn anything. Later, he tried 1,600 different materials before settling on carbon as the filament for the electric light bulb. Willie Mays didn't get a hit in his first 26 times at bat in the Major League, but his first hit was a home run! Babe Ruth struck out 1300 times--a major league record. Noah preached for 120 years and had NO converts