Lee says that as a child he was something of a misfit. If the teacher called out to the students to turn left, he would somehow miss the signal and keep walking straight. As a result, he was often punished by teachers, who thought he was slow and would never amount to much.
李泰祥說，他小時候很古怪彆扭，老師喊左轉，他偏不聽指令，反而一直往前走，因此常被老師處罰，認為他腦筋有問題，將來難成大器。