Quotes About Opportunity

I grew up with a single pair of shoes until I grew into the next size. My parents believed in the American dream and the power of education but didn't have the money to send me to college. I realized early on that I needed to go against the flow and be better than everyone else to support my family.

It'd be very difficult to cast me as a ballet dancer. Everybody is, in some sense, controlled by their size and their gender. I'm not going to be allowed to play the part that Denzel Washington plays.

I firmly believe that IBM's size can be used to its advantage.

My size is an asset to me. People write roles for me. If I was just another blond-haired, brown-eyed, 18-year-old actor, I'd be left unrecognized. People remember me.

Our goals for this nation must be nothing less than to double the size of our economy and bring prosperity and jobs, ownership and equality of opportunity to all Americans, especially those living in our nation's pockets of poverty.

When I first came to California, it was fun and exciting to get any part in any movie and get paid for it. Because of my size and my background, it seemed like I was right for just about anything.

Hollywood is difficult to navigate if you have integrity, so I opted not to work if there wasn't enough to do in a role, which doesn't have to do with the role's size.

I never look at the size of the film when I'm looking for a part.

Because microfinance is so manageable in terms of the size of the loan, people have made it the cornerstone to lifting women out of poverty.

I am not hugely famous; I am not a name. For me, it's not the size of the role, it's the material and the people you are working with.

I am big believer that increase the size of the cake is as at least as important as distribution of the cake. To increase the size of the cake, you need to focus on progress.

In my case, my size is so small that if I want it but don't buy it, I might miss the opportunity.

My priorities are making sure we reduce class size and close the achievement gap.

Success isn't about being the biggest. It's about letting the right size find you.

I never look at an acquisition really by size.

We have been told many times that we have become too big, but these are things that only someone who has no idea of the size of the competition can say. We are too small.

When you get an invitation to come back and be part of the team that will be the architect of the next generation of growth, when you get an opportunity in a business of the size and scope of McDonald's, that's incredibly attractive.

I didn't play basketball because I'd learned how to ice skate.

We're so excited to skate in a Canadian market.

Being in the Olympics isn't the chance for one of us to go out there and win the thing... It's growing skateboarding, creating more opportunity for kids to be able to fulfill their dreams of being a pro-skater.

There is always the next big thing, the next big skater.

Looking back, I feel very fortunate to have had such a long career. Many skaters end their careers in their early 20s. I had the opportunity to go to two Olympic Games - almost three after being the alternate in 1994 and then in 2006 being injured.

If, by any chance, I get to perform, then it would be a great honor for me. Especially because performing in the Olympics in your country doesn't happen to many skaters.

Obviously, the skaters in generations before us didn't have the opportunity to win multiple medals at an Olympic Games. We recognize that.