Originally Posted by ATC Watcher
I never belly- landed a large aircraft on a runway...
Nor did I, and I assume neither did the vast majority of forum readers, fortunately
However if you look at the records, I cannot think of any planned gear-up landing on a hard runway that went wrong in the past couple of decades. The plane might not be useable again, but everyone walks away - that qualifies as a good landing.
As you correctly point out, ditching is a different story.