Quotes About Risk

Luck favors the brave.

I've sacrificed a lot to get to the top, to the world title. I really sacrificed, and I took a lot of chances. I did a lot of favors, I felt like, for the UFC and I don't think it got returned.

An actor can never plan. You never know what can work in your favour or not and then maybe the whole dynamics can change.

During the climb, I never get afraid. But you can't lose your fear - it is really important. If you lose it, you are going to die.

Don't do anything for fear, because fear will never do anything for you.

As a player, I never, never feared getting hurt, but I feared being embarrassed.

I dive fearless into things.

They call me Fearless Felix.

I don't think I'm fearless at all. I think anybody who says they're fearless doesn't last very long. I think I'm pretty cautious, actually.

I think it is important to be fearless in life. I have always made fearless choices. Some have worked; the others haven't.

Money brings you security and choice. You can make decisions in a different way if you have a lot of money. But when you have nothing, you have a naivety, and a more fearless attitude because you have nothing to lose.

I think courage is commensurate with your fear - if you lack imagination and you're fearless, that's not courage to me.

I meet my fears with excitement. They are an excuse to be courageous.

Dangers bring fears, and fears more dangers bring.

The common person fears to think beyond the common.

It is extremely important for one to face their fears and live a bold life.

My Antarctic expedition is just about doable, just feasible and that's what is exciting to me. If I knew it was possible, if I knew I could do it without too much bother, I wouldn't be interested.

A Fed loan to Lehman Brothers would not have prevented a bankruptcy.

For me, it was two years before I fed a big croc when I came to Australia.

There's a lot of risk involved in acting, and you can't take the same kind of risks when you have a kid to feed.

You have seen on TV how hard it is to go up 129,000 feet and how hard it is to come down.

Whether I fall on my feet or fall on my arse, I dunno. You've got to take those risks.

I was scared many times on Everest, but this is all part of the challenge. When I fell down a crevasse, it was pretty scary.

When I was 23, I moved to Australia to be with this 43-year-old con artist I fell in love with.