Quotes About Opportunity

I need to stay consistent, I don't look too far ahead but just affect what I can affect. To be ready in the right place at the right time to put the ball in the back of the net.

I look back at the bubble as a net positive. Maybe it's because of how my career continued to go from there. Maybe it's because I got to cover things that aren't often the central focus in sports.

I'd like to see David Letterman adopt the inclusion rider on his Netflix show.

Luck was a huge part of the Netflix story.

I was in a play just outside of London and started auditioning for 'Sex Education,' but I just completely had the mindset that it's a Netflix show, they're not gonna hire me anyway.

I think nothing I've done has impacted my life as much as working on 'Treme,' because it was the first project that I worked on in the United States after being an actor in the Netherlands my whole life, basically.

It was a big step for me in the Netherlands: to leave home at the age of 18.

If I get the chance to coach Netherlands, I would like to take that chance.

Becoming Netherlands coach could be a nice end to my career.

I'm a capitalist. I believe in capitalism. But capitalism only works if you have safety nets to deal with people who are naturally left behind and brutalized by it.

If you haven't taken a writing class, take a writing class. I took every class that was available in my area. I went to conferences inside and outside my area to network with people. That's how I got my agent. I found my agent through another agent who was at a conference.

I couldn't even get an audition for network TV at home in Ireland.

I always wanted to be a part of a New York-based label, so I've worked really hard to try and network with people that I felt would put me in the right place.

Right now, my focus is really acting and directing. But I see the creativity and the work that goes into building a network, and it's fascinating to me. If those doors open for me... I think just learning as much as I can at this point is really what it's about.

I've literally pitched to every studio and network trying to get directing work. It's really hard.

Learning networking basics is only a gateway to career growth and exploration.

When thinking about how to deploy kind of professional and social networking into your business, it's really not a question of if - it's a question of when.

Networking, of course, is great, but the best way to network is to do work.

Enterprises are just starting to adopt and integrate the iPad into their networks, but this is accelerating, and that's an opportunity for Infosys.

I challenge you to go and turn on the other cable networks to find a face like mine in primetime.

Barriers today are largely class-based - income, networks, education. And those affect many white people as well.

Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster.

Rule No.1: Never lose money. Rule No.2: Never forget rule No.1.

I was brought on and scored, so I will never forget my Champions League debut.