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One of the all time classic of predictions is this one:

"We don't like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out."
Decca, in 1962 when rejecting The Beatles
 
'John Lennon when asked if Ringo Starr was the best drummer in the world?

"Ringo's not the best drummer in The Beatles"

Also I liked John Lennon's answer in a hard days night
Reporter "How did you find America?"
Lennon "Turned left at Greenland"
 
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When The Rolling Stones landed in the USA for their first tour after Satisfaction was released, Jagger was asked if he was satisfied:

"What do you mean? Sexually? Financially? Philosophically?"
"How about all of them"
"Sexually satisfied, financially dissatisfied and philosophically trying!"
 
"The world is split into two finite groups; those that like Van Morrison and those that have met him"

A journalist whose name escapes me!

Dead right - I went to a gig by him. Brilliant music, but no engagement with the audience and buggered off before the end without saying goodbye. Love his music, not the man!!
 
Perhaps you could start a thread on the worst predictions ever, football elated and non-football. Some could even be personal as in your example.

When Shearer left Saints I said that he'd never make it as he tried hard but wasn't a good finisher!!

To counter that, after beating Vill in the 3rd round I predicted us to win the cup in '76 (and I wasn't drunk and I put a bet on, only 50p but, hey, that was like £1m in those days!).
 
I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times I have been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. - Michael Jordan

If winning isn't everything, why do they keep score? - Vince Lombardi