Quotes About Opportunity

You never really know how quick you are before you reach F1.

My master's was in economics, and my Ph.D. was in philosophy, and I became a professor at USP. But after three years, I was invited to be secretary of finance for Sao Paulo mayor Marta Suplicy. They reached out to be because of my economics background.

We shouldn't be put out to pasture just because we've reached somebody's idea of retirement, which was certainly happening in Australia, and I think elsewhere as well.

I've reached a point in England where you can't go much further; I would love to come to America and work with some of the interesting directors here.

'Center Stage' reached people that, as live performers, we would have never had the opportunity to reach.

Nobody, in my lifetime, in either party, has reached out with a message of hope, growth and opportunity to minorities better than Jack Kemp.

I look for something unique, and I look for people who haven't reached their potential. I think I'm pretty good at developing talent.

In 2000, I realized I had reached that certain age when the parts get scarcer. So I decided to try my hand at directing.

I feel proud when a player from Jammu and Kashmir plays for India. This shows cricket has reached all corners of the country.

I definitely have been approached and reached out to by a lot of young Asian American and Asian women, which has been really cool for me.

When I was a kid, people reached out and gave me a chance.

When the Rocawear team reached out and wanted to make me the face of La Belle Roc, I was super excited!

The 'Chainsmokers' found me early on, before anyone knew about 'Hide Away,' and reached out. I heard the demo for 'Don't Let Me Down' and loved it.

My family reached the United States before the Holocaust. Both of my parents emigrated from Russia as young children. My grandparents were fleeing religious persecution and came to America seeking a better life for their family.

Premier was one of the first producers that we reached out to, and he was like, 'Hell yeah! Let's get to work.' He was showing us love and giving young, new artists a chance.

I've always known of ROH and have worked with a lot of the workers there, but they've never reached out to me. It's just never happened. But I'm always open to everything.

I see other athletes who reached a dead end in their careers for lack of good education.

Individuals cannot be free if there are impediments to reaching their full potential as human beings.

I think there were a lot of people at Mankato reaching out to the Vikings saying to just bring me in for a tryout.

All my collaborations happen in different ways. Sometimes it's through a chance meeting at a festival or event, while others can happen just off the back of me liking their music and reaching out.

Small- and medium-sized companies do not know what we have to offer and that needs to be changed. We must react just as strenuously on their behalf as we do for larger companies.

That's why football is so nice - it gives us the opportunity to react quickly and learn a lot from a situation, what were our mistakes, and where things went wrong.

In each of our lives, there are certain moments that have the potential to change everything, depending on how we react. Those are the little stories that I'm trying to capture.

Football, we pretty much control what we do and how we react, and there are two days we couldn't, on the draft and on the selection for the Hall of Fame.