Quotes About Opportunity

The more you turn down things, the more difficult it becomes to feel that the next one will be right.

There's enough time in the day: If you go to bed at 10 and start your day at 6, there's a lot you can do in a day!

Sure I'm leaving the Bee Gees. I'm going into films.

I can't beg for work. One day or the other, you will get work.

I came to New York in 1962 and it began to look like I might he able to make a living in 1972.

I always tell other actors that work begets work. You never know where your next job is going to lead you, down the road.

Work begets work. I've always taken the jobs - I've tried to take the jobs where the story is full or the characters are full.

I want to get my degree and that's something I take pride in, especially being a man of color.

I don't think that the rich should be attacked. There's nothing wrong in being rich.

I think there are lots of reasons to take projects. Being scared about one is always good.

It's no good being the best actor in the world if nobody sees you because you didn't happen to be there at the right day when a part was being cast.

Would I work in Scotland again? Of course I would. I loved every single second of being there.

I was at Everton from the age seven. Being there 14 years meant any move was going to be big.

I've been fortunate enough to play for Leeds and Anderlecht, who are massive in Belgium.

I always believed that I never wanted to be an actor. I only did it because I was allowed to do it and I had to do something.

I always believed in my ability, but I think in any sport you need that little bit of luck.

You need a manager that believes in you and shows that he believes in you by playing you.

As a black, you find you have to be two or three times better than a white even to play. And when it comes to front-office jobs, management believes you'll never be as good.

I just want to go to the right team. The team that wants me. The team that believes in my potential.

Once you get into a real good situation, where somebody really believes in you, that's what you can take off to a whole other level.

I'm the sort of person that just believes in getting on and making the most of the opportunity you've been given, you know: buckle down, work hard and hopefully you'll prove your worth.

With everyone taking to the Internet, the idea is that one can do what one believes in and they will find some audience for it.

I had come to college believing in a story that if you worked hard, the American dream was reachable.

It's just about confidence and believing in your own ability. If you hit it over the wall, you've got every chance of it going in.