Quotes About Opportunity

As the years go by, you have to realise when it is the right time to do something different.

If we are gong to be an outstanding team, we need players who are going to step up in the big moments and realise, every time they play for England, they have the chance to be involved in an iconic moment, a historic performance, and that they have that choice every time they go on the field.

When I look back at the Nineties, I realise there wasn't very much TV I wanted to do.

Once Africans realise we can just fight and get paid for it, we can do that and still provide for ourselves and our families and countries? We're going to flood the market.

When I was a kid, the women like Mia Hamm and Brandi Chastain were paving the way for female players in the States. Things like that are important so girls realise there is a future for them if they want to play. It is something they can aspire to, to be not just a hobby.

I realise I would not be the bowler I am today without the experiences, positive and negative, that I have had in Australia down the years.

I often see people who I think could be really successful in business but they just don't realise they have the skills and they don't believe in themselves.

I don't think people realise the quality of player in the lower leagues.

I think that the older I get, the more I play, you realise when it's your time.

There is enough work for everyone. So there is no fear when I look at other people doing well. But it makes you realise that its important to ensure that you keep your quality up.

Sometimes when you come every day to training you can't realise how big it is to be a footballer.

More dreams are realised and extinguished in Bombay than any other place in India.

When I went to art school, I was just having fun. I realised that was the last chance I had, and then I would have to get a job.

The major gripe I heard was from people who made beautiful cards but couldn't find envelopes to fit them. I realised that if I could provide a product that would make envelopes in any size and out of any paper, I could hit the jackpot.

I was probably 13 or 14 when I realised I had a chance to make it. That's when I realised that a bit of education had to be sacrificed in order to become a footballer.

At first I didn't take football too seriously and then I realised what I wanted to do. I was seeing players get moves; a good friend went from Ilkeston to Luton and that made me see what was possible.

I've realised that being healthy and having the opportunity to play isn't something that everyone has all the time. I am lucky to be able to do something I enjoy doing.

I started off thinking that I just needed one shot to prove myself, but then I realised that I was only going to learn about acting by doing it.

When I was sent the script for 'Homeland,' I didn't think anything of it. Three months later, my manager rang and said: 'They are interested in you.' I read it and I realised, 'Yes, I do want this.' Then I got an email saying I'd got it.

Once I realised that my job as a model was to emote in front of the camera, I thought, 'Well now, I just have to add words, and I can do films.' But also, my success as a model made me more confident about becoming an actress because, just in case I failed, I thought, 'Well, you know, if I failed as an actress, I can do another job.'

I realised I had to work in something creative, but with a business and global element. And that I had to do it while I was still young and had an appetite for risk.

What I've realised is that I'm happiest when I'm at work, as I am always preparing myself for when the opportunity arises.

I had directed a short film called 'Girvhi' earlier, on child labour. It was a fictional story. At that time, I realised I could direct a film if given a chance.

I used to worry about the lack of roles for women over 40. But suddenly, everyone has realised it's interesting to have a drama with a woman at the centre of it.