“As in the game of billiards, the balls are constantly producing effects from mere chance, which the most skillful player could neither execute nor foresee, but which, when they do happen, serve mainly to teach him how much he has still to learn; so it is in the most profound and complicated game of politics and diplomacy. In both cases, we can only regulate our play by what we have seen, rather than by what we have hoped; and by what we have experienced, rather than by what we have expected.” StillsPlayHappensGamesChanceTeachCasesPlayerEffectsBallsMereProfoundComplicatedExpectedDiplomacySkillfulHaving HopeBilliards Author:Charles Caleb Colton
“The flesh is sweeter, where the creature has some chance for its life; for that reason, I always use a single ball, even if it be at a bird or a squirrel; besides, it saves lead, for, when a body knows how to shoot, one piece of lead is enough for all, except hard-lived animals.” IfsKnowsHardReasonEnoughUseBodyChanceAnimalKnow HowPiecesCreaturesBirdBallsFleshHuntingOne PieceSquirrels Author:James F. Cooper
“I'm mad at him, too, for being out late. But I'm not mad enough to take a chance on losing a ball game and possibly the pennant.” EnoughGamesChanceLateLosingBaseballBallsMadTake A ChanceBall GamesMad At Him Author:Casey Stengel
“I signed schoolboy forms for Watford when I was 12, but then my parents got divorced, and I never kicked a ball for three years. I rebelled, I left home, but getting back into football sorted me out. It was the second chance I needed.” YearsHomeFormThreeLeftParentChanceFootballNeededBallsThree YearsDivorcedSecond Chance Author:Vinnie Jones
“The funny thing is, last summer we were golfing together, me, him and Alonzo Mourning. I don't know how to golf, but it's an unbelievable opportunity to go out and golf with one of the greats. And he's out there making fun of my swing - I can't hit the ball - and I'm getting frustrated because I'm a competitor. So Alonzo pulled me aside and said, 'Man, you're getting the chance to golf with Bill Russell. How many people can say they've done that?' And I looked at him and said, 'You know what? You're right.'” PeopleKnowsMenSaidI CanDoneTogetherLastsOpportunityFunChanceKnow HowSummerBallsBillsGolfMourningSwingsFrustratedUnbelievableCompetitorsFunny ThingsGolfingLast Summer Author:Dwyane Wade
“You always want to have good balance. Thats the key to winning a Super Bowl. You look at the teams who have won championships, you got to have balance. So, to be able to run the ball effectively and throw the ball effectively is what gives you the chance to win a world championship.” WorldWantGivingLooksRunningAbleWinningChanceTeamKeysBalanceBallsBowlsChampionshipSuper Bowl Author:John Elway
“In Monster's Ball I went nude, which was scary, but I took the chance and that's how I like to approach my career.” ChanceCareersApproachBallsScaryMonsters Author:Halle Berry
“I know what to do when they give me the ball. I know what to do to give this team a chance to win.” KnowsGivingWinningChanceTeamBallsGive Me Author:Johan Santana
“The game has changed since the '70s as more coaches have looked at ways to make it tougher on defenses. But I'm glad my career turned out the way it did - I would have never gotten a chance to learn the defensive side of the ball.” WayGamesSidesChanceCareersChangedBallsDefenseCoachesGlad Author:Tony Dungy
“Well, a funny thing, there are three that I like all for the same reason, golf, fishing, and shooting, and I do because first, they take you into the fields. There is mild exercise, the kind that an older individual probably should have. And on top of it, it induces you to take at any one time 2 or 3 hours, if you can, where you are thinking of the bird or that ball or the wily trout. Now, to my mind it is a very healthful, beneficial kind of thing, and I do it whenever I get a chance, as you well know.” IfsThinkingKnowsShouldMindFirstsWellsKindReasonThreeIndividualSportsHoursChanceFieldsExerciseBirdShould HaveBallsGolfShootingFishingWhere You AreOne TimeBeneficialFunny ThingsTrout Author:Dwight D. Eisenhower
“Actors basically are the type of person that with three seconds left, we want the ball. Give us the shot to make it or miss it. We'll take the lumps if we miss it, but we want the chance to get the glory.” IfsWantGivingPersonsThreeActorsLeftChanceMissingTypeGloryShotsBallsSecondsLumps Author:Bryan Cranston
“I went to schools that were small enough that basically everyone was in a play. I played a bouncing ball in a production of Alice in Wonderland and a fat man in an Italian commedia dell'arte play. I was given some small chances.” MenEnoughPlaySchoolGivenChanceBallsProductionsFatsItalianWonderlandFat ManDellBouncing Ball Author:Lena Dunham
“You surprise yourself on some balls off the bat. You don't think you have a chance to catch it. And then your natural ability just takes over.” ThinkingNaturalChanceAbilityBallsSurpriseBatsNatural Ability Author:Mike Trout