Quotes About Chance

What made 'American Idol' different from 'The Voice' and all these other singing competitions... 'American Idol' just gave regular old normal people like me and like Trent a chance.

I feel at Manchester City I will get the chance to play regularly in my best position and play a big part in a successful side.

There's no rule, no law, no regulation that says you can't come back. So I have every right to come back.

Those differences are what color the performance, but in the movies you don't get a chance to rehearse.

If we can provide a benefit and make money, it's a chance for us to expand the population of customers we serve, expand the products we put in the marketplace, and reinvent ourselves going forward.

When I left for college, I told myself that this was a chance for reinvention. No one on the other side of the country knew that I was an introvert, so maybe if I tried not acting like an introvert, I wouldn't be one.

You take the risk of being rejected.

I never went to film school, so I never had the chance to be rejected.

If you don't go to a dance, you can never be rejected, but you'll never get to dance, either.

It's so weird how our existence hinges on just absolute crazy chance, but it feels so essential. It's like, 'Nothing would be here if you weren't here,' because you are the centre of your universe.

I think hip-hop doesn't give women as much of a chance as it gives guys.

People are going to hire you, or they're not, and there's only so much you can do to hedge your bets.

I'm a basketball junkie and a real historian of the game, so for me to get a chance to express it and give my perspective on a national stage, I'm really enjoying it.

I don't believe in accidents. There are only encounters in history. There are no accidents.

In history books, luck is always underplayed and the talent of individuals is usually overplayed.

Most of the things that have happened in my life have been pretty arbitrary. I walk into a room, and someone hits me with a two-by-four, and that changes my life. I'm not sure what I've learned from anything.

I was up for parts in 'Charlie's Angels' and 'Three's Company,' but other people got them. At the time I was very disappointed because I knew the shows would be tremendous hits. But if I had done either I would not have done the following: 'Chorus Line,' 'Dancin',' 'Chicago,' 'Movie Movie,' 'All That Jazz' and 'Annie.'

I think the big thing is you really have one chance to do this... to play hockey for a living, you have one chance at your career, and you have to take full advantage of it.

It seems to be the way I get jobs - I book a holiday, I get to the other side of the world, then I'll get the job.

Marriage is a gamble, let's be honest.

Every fight, honest to say, in this division, at this level, is a toss-up. It's a 50-50 chance.

The hooks didn't roll out any more sevens than my hands did before them.

It was always my dream, to do a leading role on Broadway. It's what I went to college to do, in hopes of one day someone taking a chance on me and saying, 'You know what? You're going to be our girl.'

You're always hoping for a title shot.