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Quotes About Risk

Pressure is playing for ten dollars when you don't have a dime in your pocket.
~ Lee Trevino
What makes something special is not just what you have to gain, but what you feel there is to lose.
~ Andre Agassi
I do not participate in any sport with ambulances at the bottom of the hill.
~ Erma Bombeck
Photography is not a sport. It has no rules. Everything must be dared and tried!
~ Bill Brandt
Of all the hazards, fear is the worst.
~ Sam Snead
There is no doubt that Formula 1 has the best risk management of any sport and any industry in the world.
~ Jackie Stewart
Formula One was a very dangerous sport. It still is dangerous. But the danger factor is also the exciting part.
~ Lewis Hamilton
Sports betting is all about money management, so the most money won on one event is not the most important thing
~ Bruce Dern
Every day I push myself to redefine the limits of our sport
~ Travis Pastrana
Any time you try to win everything, you must be willing to lose everything.
~ Larry Csonka
You can sum up this sport in two words: You never know.
~ Lou Duva
Sport is not about being wrapped up in cotton wool. Sport as about adapting to the unexpected and being able to modify plans at the last minute. Sport, like all life, is about taking risks.
~ Roger Bannister
I feel the need to endanger myself every so often.
~ Tim Daly
Look around the table. If you don't see a sucker, get up, because you're the sucker.
~ Amarillo Slim
Sport, like all of life, is about taking your chances.
~ Roger Bannister
The man loves danger and sport. That is why he loves woman, the most dangerous of all sports.
~ Friedrich Nietzsche
More than just a big adrenalin rush, it's more like, 'let's explore what's possible in our sport'.
~ Shane McConkey
I think it's better to attempt something and fail than it is to not even attempt it, so I'm glad that I've been prepared to put myself on the line there.
~ Ian Thorpe
In racing, I wanted to be a winner and to be a winner, you have to be willing to roll the dice.
~ Bobby Rahal
In my sport, the quick are too often listed among the dead
~ Jackie Stewart
Ain't no chance if you dont take it.
~ Guy Clark
Eating wheat, like ice climbing, mountain boarding, and bungee jumping, is an extreme sport. It is the only common food that carries its own long-term mortality rate.
~ William Davis
Be bold. If you're going to make an error, make a doozy, and don't be afraid to hit the ball.
~ Billie Jean King
The only good reason for swimming, so far as I can see, is to escape drowning.
~ Helen Cresswell