I sketched out what I believed to be my optimal strategy for ‘Jeopardy:’ Play fast, build a stack, bet big, and hope for the best. In my mind, playing a seemingly risky game actually minimizes my chances of losing.
Lazy people tend not to take chances, but express themselves by tearing down other’s work.
With each game I play, each season I play, everyone would agree with me, I’m running out of chances.
Models now need to promote themselves, think like businesswomen and diversify their careers by doing other things. Chances are very slim that a mere model will become a household name today.
That’s the most important thing in football: you need to take chances when you get them.
I was pretty realistic about my chances of being drafted.
America will be far safer if we reduce the chances of a terrorist attack in one of our cities than if we diminish the civil liberties of our own people.
There’s no wrong you can’t make right again, so be kinder to yourself; you know, have fun, take chances. Those bounds.
I think, with ‘St. Nick,’ when you’re working with a smaller budget, you have fewer risks involved. You’re able to take chances with style and content.
The chances of anyone of any race getting their own show are, like, .001 percent.
I still have that forward’s mentality that when I have the chances, it just ticks me off if I can’t put it in.
Around half of the top alpinists have died climbing. Of course if I’m careful and turn back more often than the others, I can increase my chances of survival. But if I hadn’t been lucky a few times, I wouldn’t be here.
The greatest risk is really to take no risk at all. You’ve got to go out there, jump off the cliff, and take chances.
I realized, statistically, the chances of me getting to the WWE and being very successful were very slim. I always hoped it would happen for me.
I have realised I do not have any back up, or filmi background, or any influential person who is making movies for me. I have to take this journey on my own, and be careful. For me, if I do something wrong, I am not going to get second chances.
Whether it is a classy performance where you are creating a lot of chances or a scrappy one-goal win, it doesn’t matter.
Major labels don’t want to take chances on cooler, indie kind of things. People only know, unfortunately, what they’re being spoon-fed.
The country is yearning for a change. I’d rather take my chances on somebody new, particularly with regard to the Supreme Court.
China’s cinema has been rising for some time; it has more exposure, so my chances of becoming internationally known are better. But the first thing I have to do is learn English. If I can grasp the language, then perhaps I can think about the U.S.
But so far I have the feeling that the chances are there to repeat last year’s season.
If you just protect and you have no chances on the break and you miss one chance to kill the game, then it’s difficult in the Premier League to win any game.
When you play the bigger clubs it’s important that when you create chances, you do everything you can to take them.
The man who didn’t want his wife to work has been succeeded by the man who asks about her chances of getting a raise.
In Bollywood, better the body you have, the brighter are your chances of bagging roles.
But due to the present regulations the other drivers have better chances again. This brings back the tension.
I like when people take chances.
Chances are the movements of the euro as against the dollar will be relatively moderate.
At FC Bayern, you know that, every year, you have to compete for titles – but, on the other hand, there is a possibility of stagnating at Bayern if you do not get the chances to play.
It’s important to credit the brave people that take chances to stand up to regimes. They’re the star.
Who can I trust? You have to invest in somebody and chances are you’re probably going to invest in somebody who’s going to deceive you. I’ve been conned a couple of times, but now I’m a little more savvy.
Run with what works: Sell to the people who believe in you and are willing to take the chances and make the experience happen.
The less top players that are in the draw, the higher the chances get for us, obviously.
United’s history was built on attacking football, which does not always mean that the team kept clean sheets or did not concede chances.
I’m the one who will take chances, not worry about the backlash.
Air travel is the safest form of travel aside from walking; even then, the chances of being hit by a public bus at 30,000 feet are remarkably slim. I also have no problem with confined spaces. Or heights. What I am afraid of is speed.
We can’t let ourselves stop believing in Second Chances for everyone. That’s why my role on the Board of Pardons is so important to me.
Ibrahimovic? In my opinion, Ibra is the best striker in Europe. It makes me laugh when people say he misses crucial chances.
All it takes is one drink to mess with the way you drive – it clouds your judgment and slows your reflexes. Don’t take any chances. It just isn’t worth it.
If your film and character are a hit, chances are you’ll get typecast in that space.
It’s important to have strong images of women out there, women who aren’t afraid of expressing themselves, women who aren’t afraid of taking chances, women who aren’t afraid of their own power.
I like second chances; I’ve had a few myself.
I don’t mind taking chances. Sometimes those chances get me in a loophole that’s hard to get out of, but that’s just me. That’s my drive. That’s my fire. That’s who I am. That’s who I want to be and who I feel like I am when I’m fast.
That’s why I made a comeback in 1988. I knew there were chances of not making it, but I didn’t want to end up at sixty years old and say I should have tried when I was thirty-eight.
If you’re black and have leukemia, the chances of finding a donor are drastically reduced. I added my name to the register, and lo and behold, six months later, I was asked to donate. I had a week of ‘conditioning’ where I had to take these pills and injections to create new stem cells in my body.
I’m very surprised at that, yes, because there were many chances for it to be in Germany once the syndication market started and it continually just did not happen.
It’s about staying level-headed and being appreciative of the chances I got and the games I played but, at the same time, wanting more.
I stay out after training and practice hitting balls from different angles just in case the chances come in a game.
Some campaigns are not worth waging if you can’t win; others have to be fought on grounds of principle regardless of the chances for success.
I’ve worked really hard, but I know people who have worked even harder but didn’t have the chances I’ve had.
So the chances of you being sentenced to Death Row in America is roughly the same as you winning the lottery.
Anyone who is dealing with any issue or any illness whatsoever, without a support network, chances are the person will not survive.
I believe I’m doing the right thing in trying to step away from that and to take chances and work on little independent films and do stuff like that wild dance scene.
I’ve played on the wing in some games and found myself in the middle for five or 10 minutes when others drift wide. It’s about creating chances, scoring goals and helping the team win.
I’ve outlived my parents, and I’ve had some wonderful second chances in life. I feel remarkably uncheated.
There aren’t a lot of second chances for second-round picks.
Hopefully I can take my chances when I get them.
Having been subjected to the pigeonholing of Hollywood myself, I realized that once you become a studio-approved director, your chances of ever making your own film again are zero. You make the films that the studio wants you to make.
If you’re always waiting for a producer to hire you… your chances are really, really small. I’ve been knocking on doors and asking for a job for many years, and my career really changed when I decided to create my own material.
Have the confidence to focus on uncharted territory. Take chances.
If you had 25 races or 20 races, something like that, there’d be more of a demand for the race ticket. I think you’d probably see better racing because of it, too, honestly. Because the less chances we have to get wins, the more aggressive we’re going to be.
I don’t think many people get second chances when it comes to the music scene.
If you’re sixty-something, pushing 70, the chances of you getting a tremendously fascinating part in the movies are very low, as to be almost negligible, or even in television. But in the theatre, there are still things to do, very interesting, very profound things.
If you’ve ever left a bag of clothes outside the Salvation Army or given to a local church drive, chances are that you’ve dressed an African.
Everyone wants to play like Spurs. We want to play attractive football, get the ball forward, and create chances with good possession.
