Quotes by Bad Years It took so long to make it in America. The year I arrived was a bad year for women singers, the record company told me. So I starved. I lived in a hotel so dreadful I can't even talk about it. Helen Reddy bad-years long america In 1979, when I was 39, I had such a bad year, I thought it was all over. Thankfully it wasn't. Jack Nicklaus bad-years years If you're not in love with what you do, business will be really tough. You can do good one day, and bad the next. You can have a great year, and a bad year that wipes away all of your success. Luis D. Ortiz bad-years great-year one-day