Quotes About Risk

Rock 'n' roll is a crazy world, and it's how things work out you can't predict.

Life is anything but predictable.

Predictions are a mug's game.

I prefer adventure to comfort.

The Premier League is always like that - you never know what can happen! Even at the top of the table and bottom of the table.

It's very difficult to pick a 17-year-old who's had 10 minutes of first-team football. You're talking about replacing senior players with some 17-year-olds who haven't played Premier League football.

Everyone told me the Premier League is the hardest. So I just wanted to try because I had nothing to lose.

I've no idea if I'll manage in the Premier League. It's easy to say I will but you don't know.

And I know the risks of changing captaincy midway through a season. At Derby, it was a great compliment when Paul Jewell handed me the armband, and I was made captain of my fourth Premier League club, but it was awkward for Matt Oakley, who had it taken away from him.

It's not going to be easy; Enterprise IT has spent decades growing a defensive culture based on the premise that you only get noticed when you screw up, so that must be avoided at all costs.

Playing middle pairs like 10-10, 9-9, 8-8, and 7-7 can be difficult but only if you overvalue them and mistakenly play them as you would premium hands.

When I don't reraise with a premium hand like K-K, I'll just smooth-call. Sometimes I just don't want to announce the strength of my hand to the entire table.

This part of the 21st century is preoccupied with risk, and there's a lot that law can do to make lives longer and healthier.

Honestly, I have not done any preparation for 'Khatron ka Khiladi.'

I generally don't climb something if it makes me feel fear. The beauty of soloing is that there's no pressure - no one's telling me to do it. So if something seems scary, I don't have any obligation to do it. I can prepare further or just walk away entirely.

Nothing can really prepare you for when you get in the Formula One car. Knowing that you're driving a multimillion-dollar car, and if you crash it it's going to cost a lot of money, and they might not give you another chance, is scary.

It's like a blind turn on a highway: You can't see what's coming, so you don't really know how to prepare.

If 'Party of Five' hadn't done well, it would have been a bunch of names involved in the demise. But if 'Time of Your Life' doesn't do well, it will be my name. You have to prepare for the worst. This is a very fickle business.

You have to prepare yourself physically as much as possible for a bad wipeout.

'Returnless risk' is not how you prepare for a decent retirement.

Half of learning a new element is just getting over the fear of doing it. Once you mentally prepare yourself enough to do the jump, that is really half the battle.

Everybody pays lip service to the safety of the aeroplane, but nobody is prepared to pay for it.

Well, when you're trying to create things that are new, you have to be prepared to be on the edge of risk.

I'm prepared to take risks. And every movie that I do is a risk. No one knows what the movie is going out turn out like.