Quotes About Opportunity

My son Saif was born here, he may even one day play for Germany.

I got to Germany without being scouted, and without any experience of playing for my country. But I was given the chance to excel.

I could stay in Germany and start my coaching career there. I did not want to.

I was the very first athlete in East Germany allowed to go professional.

I certainly like working in Germany.

It was hard to leave my boyhood club Arsenal, it's still my dream to play for Arsenal, but I know I have to put that on hold and go and play abroad to get some experience in Germany.

I wanted to go outside of Germany and I saw English football as a big, big challenge.

As soon as I knew I was leaving Chelsea, our first thought was to return to Germany.

To be honest, my time at Dortmund wasn't a big success. I didn't settle well at the club and eventually moved on to Sevilla. But I am forever grateful about it because it gave me the opportunity to work with Jurgen Klopp. If I didn't go to Germany, I would never have had a chance to work with him.

I played in Belgium, in France and in Germany, which was very good - but England is very special.

My own foundation concentrates on women's economic empowerment on the basis that if women have their own money and are able to support themselves, they can make choices about what happens to them in their lives, about whether they have education, whether they get married, and what happens to their children.

There's a time for every woman to get married. You should seize that moment.

The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell.

I got better as an actor, and still I'm getting better. That's only been possible because there's always been work.

You need to be growing and getting better, and in L.A., it's so hard to get bookings. You literally have to pay clubs to book you. It's pay to play, and then you only get 30 minutes. That's no way to get good.

I'm getting older, but better, too. And the roles are getting better.

We're not just three dumb girls from the ghetto who got lucky.

I fought my way into an audition on 'Ghost.'

Our country has the potential not just to be the giant of Africa but a major economic giant in the world.

I've watched people in these movies like Bradley Cooper in 'Yes Man' become these giant stars themselves.

You know, God gave me a gift to do other things besides play the game of basketball.

Anytime you have an opportunity as an actor to really grow along with your character, I think that's a real gift.

Every time you're given a job, you're given a gift, and if you're flexible, you never know what's going to happen.

Talent is a gift that can be given, and it can be taken away. We have to appreciate that.