Well, I do presenting as well as skating, but I was deterred from becoming a weatherman because you need a degree.
Admittedly, fearless though I often am, I was deterred, but only until dark, when the smiling moon would shine down on the glistening flakes and the masses of sledders would be snuggled in their toasty beds.
I have been deterred from considering my sartorial options regarding knocking down some presidential suds because I know I will be denied an opportunity for it to matter.
Classes are now taught in more than 70 countries, including the United States, but I wanted to travel to India - to the motherland of the Buddha, to the world's preeminent Vipassana center, to a place so far from home that I'd be deterred from quitting.
"I will not be deterred, if I see this is the moment of truth, to put an end to war and bloodshed and achieve peace for generations," Mr Sharon has told Israeli soldiers.
"I will not be deterred from the campaign I have launched against the militants.
So yes, I'm well aware that chick lit won't bring me lasting happiness, but I won't be deterred.
I refuse to be deterred; after rolling the haggis into balls, coating in crunchy panko breadcrumbs and deep frying, I freestyle and dust each one with golden icing sugar before serving with the whisky marmalade dip.
I would have been deterred.
And I will not be deterred by false, anonymous, incorrect accusations".
