Quotes About Opportunity

Women, with no outlet for their special creativities, endured the long, quiet ruin of their talents. Others watched the slow waste of bright children who could've been more and done more in some other, busier place, but never would know more than the village, the fields, and the river.

The heartbeat of any conscious now is poised on the same choice that hope gives all of us, between shadows of the past, and the bright, blank page of any new day.

Why do you stay here, when you can leave?

Every human heartbeat, he'd said many times, is a universe of possibilities.

He says that strong men make the luck to happen

Freedom is a universe of possibility. And the choice you make, between hating and forgiving, can become the story of your life.

I didn't know it then, but it was one of the best decisions of my life.

I wish now with all my heart that I did. The past reflects eternally between two mirrors—the bright mirror of words and deeds, and the dark one, full of things we didn't do or say.

I know now that when the loving, honest moment comes it should be seized, and spoken, because it may never come again.

Millions of dreams were born there, around us, every day. Millions of dreams died there, and were born again. The humid air was thick with dreams, everywhere, in my Mumbai.

Every free minute is a short story with a happy ending.

Don't worry... It's a great adventure, your life, and it has only just begun.

Every human heartbeat, he'd said many times, is a universe of possibilities.

Why lock yourself in your own cage when someone is handing you a key?

The sweet accident of coincidence is the best foundation on which to build.

I feel grateful to be this size; after all, if I weren't small and had not achieved these world records, I might never have been able to visit Japan and Europe and many other wonderful countries.

I had to go out and give my team a chance. I didn't want to be remembered as the guy blowing the World Series.

Imagine if baseball were taught the way science is taught in most inner-city schools. Schoolchildren would get lectures about the history of the World Series. High school students would occasionally reproduce famous plays of the past. Nobody would get in the game themselves until graduate school.

I really love Philadelphia and all of the fans, my teammates, the front office, the organization, everybody. I know I'm going to miss them. I really appreciate everything we did together. On the other side, I am happy because I have a chance to go to the playoffs. Another opportunity, maybe, to go to the World Series.

It didn't happen, but I feel fortunate for the two chances we had and it's just a shame we didn't go to a World Series for Cub fans.

One person's going to win, and everybody else is going to not win. So let's not feel like we're losers. Let's utilize the cultural opportunities, get to know the other players on the other team, look around you, enjoy your world series.

I had an opportunity with Baltimore to make it to the World Series, and that didn't happen.

Who knows how many times I'm going to get to go to the World Series? I know more than anybody how hard it is to get there.

Being in New York for 10 days during the World Series and appearing on a bunch of shows, I felt like it was a trial run to have more of a studio presence. The more consistently I started to do it, the more I grew to love it. It allows me to push baseball ideas and content in a bunch of different places.