Chances Quotes

My mother said I would have more chances to become a tennis player than a football player.
Marat Safin

Mother, Football, Said

You cannot take all the chances you get.
Marat Safin

To be successful, one must take chances.
Willie Stargell

We're not willing to give black leaders second chances because, in most cases, we're not willing to give them first chances.
Al Sharpton

Black, Give, Second

You don't get second chances in the real world.
Gail Simmons

It's never been important to be a huge star or to have some breakout role. If you're the lead, you get a lot more screen time and you get a lot more chances to develop that character more thoroughly than you would if you do it in a little supporting part.
Famke Janssen

Time, Character, Important

Keep writing, because not only does practice improve skill, it gives you more chances to score on the market. I did that for eight years before making my first sale.
Piers Anthony

Writing, Before, Keep

Jazz stands for freedom. It's supposed to be the voice of freedom: Get out there and improvise, and take chances, and don't be a perfectionist - leave that to the classical musicians.
Dave Brubeck

Freedom, Leave, Musicians

Even when I was a hip-hop DJ I always kept it classy. The motto is always 'flashy but classy.' You've got to be original and stand out from the crowd and take some chances. But you've always got to keep it classy.
Mayer Hawthorne

Motto, Keep, Stand

If you're from Dublin, for example, chances are you live with your family, if you're lucky enough to, right up to the mid-20s. And most of the people I know, when they finally sort of set off on their own, they don't stray all that far.
Roddy Doyle

Family, Live, Enough

That the work involved, the willingness to take chances, the commitment, the opportunity to get on stage and make people happy, was more important than becoming famous, or even what I was dancing.
Suzanne Farrell

Work, Famous, Happy

Forty years ago the chances of journalists reporting - or the authorities even prosecuting - a pro athlete were practically nil.
Leigh Steinberg

Athlete, Forty, Pro

Not bragging by any means, but I could have done a lot of other stuff as far as working in films go and working in television... I had chances to do that stuff, but I like baseball, I really do.
Bob Uecker

Baseball, Done, Working

I think our chances are not looking great today but the only way to fail for me is just not to try.
Garry Kasparov

Great, Today, Try

By adopting a wonderful mutt, you'll save a life and help reduce animal homelessness while also boosting your chances of a more robust new furry friend, as mixed-breed dogs have demonstrated better health and longer life spans than their purebred cousins.
Ingrid Newkirk

Life, Health, Help

We seal our fate with the choices we take, but don't give a second thought to the chances we take.
Gloria Estefan

Give, Thought, Second

I've been around the music business for a long time now, and I've had a lot of chances to do movies. But I didn't really want to do any until I found stuff that started to hit me in the right place.
Tim McGraw

Music, Time, Business

Above all, film is a business... Independence is a really cool thing as you can be a bit more bold, and take a few more chances with what you do.
Mel Gibson

Business, Cool, Few

The flower has opened, has been in the sun and is unafraid. I'm taking more chances; I'm bold and proud.
Paula Cole

Sun, Proud, Flower

As years go by, chances of winning here are getting slimmer. That's just a matter of fact. It does get tougher, but it's possible, there's a tiny little chance.
Stefan Edberg

Winning, Here, Matter

The chances of a reunion now are less likely. I was thinking of having a 40th anniversary of the band, but now they are really another band, so it's all a bit weird.
Alvin Lee

Thinking, Another, Less

Johnny Depp is one of my favorite actors because he takes chances.
Bai Ling

Takes, Favorite, Johnny

I think I could look back through the past few years at missed opportunities and stuff, but one thing I have learned is not to dwell on missed chances or times where you have failed.
Michael Chang

Past, Through, Learned

Wealth often takes away chances from men as well as poverty. There is none to tell the rich to go on striving, for a rich man makes the law that hallows and hollows his own life.
Sean O'Casey

They almost ran me off the road several times. There are so many chances that they take to get the right photo.
Loni Anderson

Off, Times, Road

The decision to use only the name Christo was made deliberately when we were young because it is difficult for one artist to get established and we wanted to put all the chances on our side.
Christo

Decision, Made, Young

The road Cordelia has travelled, the journey she has taken up to now has been such a joy to play as an actress, because there have been so many chances to do so many different emotions.
Charisma Carpenter

Different, Joy, Play

I learned in business that you had to be very careful when you told somebody that's working for you to do something, because the chances were very high he'd do it. In government, you don't have to worry about that.
George P. Shultz

Government, Business, Working

What are the chances there is a God, really?
Sarah Silverman

I think that the failures of Enron and WorldCom and other companies are partially failures of investors to recognize companies that are selling for a thousand times nothing, but chances are they may be worth only that.
Arthur Levitt

Nothing, May, Worth

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