Quotes About Chance

Every once in a while, it seems like the cosmos part, and something great plops into your lap.

You only get so many shots in this life, and you gotta make it count.

I'm lucky on so many counts - I'm lucky to be alive.

In a game, you never know what chance you're going to get, so I try and cover all bases and make sure I'm ready for that chance when it comes.

You only learn if you're given a crack at things.

When I'm playing comedy, it is such a crap shoot of what will work and what won't.

Any film you make is a crap shoot.

I was fortunate enough to crash the right audition when I was 15, and just took it from there.

No one wants to see a player lose his credibility in college, lose his chance to play and obviously maybe not have the right guy to prepare for his future.

I was very blessed with 'The Cruise' and what happened - that just doesn't happen to people like me.

When the time comes to play Irani Cup, if I get the chance, I will make sure I will do my best.

You can get lucky in the cups, but you don't get lucky over a 38-game season.

Dallas was a place where dreamers like my father were given a chance.

Insurance - an ingenious modern game of chance in which the player is permitted to enjoy the comfortable conviction that he is beating the man who keeps the table.

We bring our preparation to the table, and opportunity may present itself, and if you are well prepared, you can seize opportunity and then maybe something good happens, and you call that luck.

Hollywood is a casino. You have to put your chips on the table and hope for the best.

Teams full of talent and top-flight experience know when to engage a tackle at crucial times, when to compete in an aerial duel or seize on a chance - often resulting in the net rippling.

I think any actor can relate to the feeling of 'Just tag me in, coach, give me a chance.' Athletes go through the same thing. To be quite honest, most people in any job or career probably go though that, when you want a chance to prove what you can do, or somebody is taking away a chance at something you can do.

I had to get out of the Boston area, so I flipped a coin and said, 'Heads - Miami, tails - California. I was in my mid-20s and came out here with no training. Acting wasn't even in my mind.

When I was signing up for the University of Southern California's music program, I flipped a coin to decide my major. If it came up heads, it would be flute - tails would be voice.

The greatest risk is really to take no risk at all. You've got to go out there, jump off the cliff, and take chances.

I don't think I made it clear where I was mentally when I appeared on 'X Factor.' There was so much pressure and a lot of judging. But I wanted to take a chance on the show because I wanted to make something of myself. 'X Factor' seemed like the only way out.

Look for inspiration in books, magazines, and even other people's homes - then be brave and take a chance with a room in your home.

I think that's what happens when you get scared, and you're rushing, and you don't have time. Rather than cut things out and take a chance, and build things up you think are working, you cut everything down a little bit, and everything sort of suffers.