Matching Pairs Road to SuccessOnline version Match the Famous Person with the description of a failure. by Carly Berry 1 Michael Jordan - Famous Athlete 2 J.K. Rowling - Wrote the Harry Potter Series 3 Elvis Presley - Famous Singer 4 Abraham Lincoln - 16th President of the United States 5 Thomas Edison - Inventor of Lightbulb 6 Colonel Sanders - Founder of KFC 7 Whoopi Goldberg - Famous Actress 8 Walt Disney - Creator of Mickey Mouse Was told to go back to driving a truck and quit singing. Thrown out of school because his teachers said he couldn't learn Performed odd and un-glamourous jobs, such as fixing hair and makeup for corpses. Lived on welfare and was rejected by 12 publishers Was told he had no talent for drawing. Was kicked off of his varsity basketball team Had a recipe that was rejected from more than 1,000 restaurants Lost 8 Elections. Had A Nervous Breakdown.