“I've worked really hard to build up a career on my own. I turned 30 recently and it took me a long time to get the chance to make a feature film and do it on my own terms.” LongHardFilmTermChanceMy OwnCareersLong TimeFeatures Author:Duncan Jones
“I felt like the luckiest kid in the world. And I was. I was growing up middle-class in a time when growing up middle-class in America meant there would be jobs for my parents, good schools for me to prepare myself for a career, and, if I worked hard and played by the rules, a chance for me to do anything I wanted.” IfsWorldHardWould BeKidsWantedSchoolJobsAmericaFeltParentChanceClassCareersGrowing UpGrowingMiddleMiddle ClassGood School Author:Al Franken
“A lot of people in Hollywood, and everywhere pretty much, operate on fear. No one wants to get fired, so everyone's scared to take a chance. There's money involved, and there are careers and reputations on the line.” PeopleWantLinesChanceCareersInvolvedHollywoodScaredReputationTake A ChanceFear No One Author:Billy Eichner
“Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions.” ActionChanceCareersRiskAdviceSelf EsteemActivityDareDeterminedGreat ThingsThis LifeSomething NewSelf MotivationSelf DeterminationDaringNew ThingsTake A ChanceChances AreTaking ActionBeing AfraidTaking RisksRisk ItRisk-takingTimidityDoingsDetermination And SuccessWill And DeterminationLife Is An AdventureDetermination MotivationalSource Of LifeGreat RiskFears Of LifeLife AdventureAdventure And LifeInspirational Success FailureTrying New ThingsFailure MotivationalMotivational ActionRisk And FailureRisks In LifeKnowledge And ExperienceInspirational CareerMotivational CareerChance And RiskImportunateRisking Your LifeLiving Life WellRisks And Taking ChancesLife Is Way Too ShortKnowledge ExperienceRisking Your HeartAdventure And RiskTrying Something New Author:Ralph Waldo Emerson
“If you can create a career built on passion, your chances for success, fulfillment, and longevity are far greater than if you take any old job simply for the paycheck.” IfsMotivationalJobsPassionChanceCareersGreaterBuiltFulfillmentLongevityPaychecksOld Job Author:Katherine Schwarzenegger
“I feel really lucky that, in my career, I've gotten a chance to explore a lot of different genres and kinds of films.” FeelsKindDifferentFilmChanceCareersLuckyGenreDifferent Genres Author:Ali Larter
“According to a British poll, you've only got a one in five chance of achieving your childhood career ambition. Which probably explains why you don't run into that many cowboys, princesses, or space rangers.” RunningChanceSpaceCareersFiveChildhoodAchieveAmbitionBritishYour ChildrenPrincessCowboyPollsRangers Author:Jay Leno
“I have no fear; I have nothing to lose. I'd rather burn out than fade away, and I would rather go out in a blaze of glory on my own terms than let anybody dictate anything to me in my career. I had the chance to wrestle The Undertaker [on Smackdown in 2013], and one thing I took away from it was that he looked me in the eye and said, 'Trust your instincts because you've got great instincts.'” SaidEyeTermLosesChanceMy OwnCareersOne ThingGloryInstinctFadesNo FearFade AwayHave No FearNothing To LoseBurn OutUndertakerTrust Your Instincts Author:Dean Ambrose
“I meet people who neglect career. Their lives aren't centered at all. They don't have much money. They have this spaced-out look in their eyes. Their chances for enlightenment are very small, unless they change the way they live.” PeopleWayLooksEyeSuccessChanceCareersBuddhismEnlightenmentNeglect Author:Frederick Lenz
“The way to win the race is not to trip somebody else. Simply have more energy. You will not only have a greater chance of winning; but whether you win or lose, you'll be happy.” WaySuccessWinningEnergyLosesChanceRaceCareersGreaterBuddhismWin Or Lose Author:Frederick Lenz
“I encourage first time filmmakers to be ambitious and take chances and risks, because you never know where your career is going to go.” KnowsFirstsChanceCareersRiskFirst TimeFilmmakerAmbitiousTake A ChanceChance And Risk Author:Michael B. Jordan
“I've always been humble and this even humbled me even more to definitely get a second chance at my career. There are still chapters I'm writing in this legacy.” WritingStillsChanceCareersHumbleLegacyNflChaptersSecond ChanceSuper Bowl Author:Darrelle Revis
“I've been so fortunate throughout my career, when I was doing theater, more theater than anything else, and when I was doing films that I got a chance just to do a broad range of things.” FilmChanceCareersTheaterRangeFortunateBroads Author:Tony Shalhoub
“I certainly have opportunities many can only dream of - but in most ways Im a typical girl in her 20s trying to forge a career and represent herself in what can sometimes seem rather strange circumstances. One of the most attractive has been the chance to publish Celebrate.” WayTryingHas BeensSometimesDreamSeemsGirlOpportunityChanceCareersStrangeCircumstancesCelebrateAttractiveTypicalPublish Author:Pippa Middleton
“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
“People tried to do a lot of stuff with me early in my career where they tried to shape me into one thing or another. They couldn't just take the chance and go with my vision - which was just my intuition, really.” PeopleStuffChanceVisionCareersOne ThingShapesIntuition Author:Katy Perry
“I run great risk of failing. It may be that I shall encounter ruin where I look for reputation and a career of honor. The chances are perhaps more in favour of ruin than of success. But, whatever may be the chances, I shall go on as long as any means of carrying on the fight are at my disposal.” LooksMayMeanLongRunningSuccessFightingChanceCareersFailingRiskGoes OnHonorReputationRuinsMoving OnEncountersEncouragingFavourRoad To SuccessFear Of FailureChances AreRecipe For SuccessWords Of EncouragementCarrying OnGiving Up Is Not An OptionGreat Risk Book:Can You Forgive Her? Source: Can You Forgive Her?
“You know I still get nervous speaking in front of people. Speaking reminds me of pitching in that way. No matter how much you prepare, there is always that anxiety to perform. Those butterflies. You learn to embrace that stress. Eventually you realize that stress is what pushes you to perform at your peak.... But man the roller coaster! I told myself that after my career was over I would live my life quietly, out of the public eye, with no chance of embarrassing myself in front of large groups of people. Yet...here I am!” PeopleKnowsMenWayStillsMatterEyeRealizingChanceCareersGroupsFrontsAnxietyStressEmbraceNervousButterflyLiving My LifeEmbarrassingPitchingHere I AmRoller CoasterCoastersPublic EyeLarge Groups Author:Jim Abbott
“There is no escaping the fact that, even in a great career, sometimes the best advances happen through luck, chance and accident.” SometimesFactsHappensChanceCareersLuckAccidentsEscaping Author:Edmond H. Fischer
“When a highly successful leader retires after a long career, it is very unlikely that his successor will be of comparable caliber. Anyone of similar ability and drive would have gone somewhere else, instead of waiting in the wings for years for a chance to show his own leadership.” YearsLongShowsWaitingLeadershipChanceAbilityLeaderCareersGoneSuccessfulWingsRetiringUnlikelySomewhere ElseSuccessorsCaliberLong CareersSuccessful Leaders Author:Thomas Sowell
“I look back over my career and I almost pissed it away. I got a second chance and I've made the most of my opportunity. I play every game like it's the last game of my career.” LooksMadePlayLastsOpportunityGamesChanceCareersSecond Chance Author:Albert Belle
“It's been great. I've been very lucky to work with more experienced actors early on in my career because I get a chance to learn from them. There is so much you can learn from them. You can just follow them and you'll be pretty safe.” ActorsChanceCareersLuckySafe Author:Katrina Kaif
“I am naturally extremely proud to be selected as European Ryder Cup captain for 2016, european Ryder Cup has been a massive part of my life and my career so to have the chance to lead Europe next year is a huge honor.” LifeYearsHas BeensNextChanceCareersHugeProudHonorEuropeCupsMassiveCaptainsNext YearSelected Author:Darren Clarke
“The next stage of Sebastian Vettel Formula One career will be spent with Scuderia Ferrari and for Sebastian Vettel Scuderia Ferrari means the dream of a lifetime has come true, When I was a kid, Michael Schumacher in the red car was my greatest idol and now it 's an incredible honor to finally get the chance to drive a Ferrari.” MeanDreamKidsNextChanceCareersStageCarHonorRedLifetimeIncrediblesFormulasIdolsFerrariFormula OneSchumacherVettel Author:Sebastian Vettel
“I didn't really do many business ventures throughout my career because I would have an idea and then before I'd have a chance to make something of it, I'd see someone else do it. I just liked to watch my fellow artists become entrepreneurs and be people who can inspire the next generation. I did that more with my songs.” PeopleIdeasArtistSongNextChanceCareersWatchesGenerationsInspireFellowsEntrepreneurVentureNext Generation Author:Nas
“Jenny Simpson loses her shoe in the women's fifteen hundred, with a lap and a half to go, destroying her chances to repeat as world champion, and she gives the most gracious interview afterward about how she's had a wonderful career already. Great for Jenny Simpson. Bad for the sport! We need drama!” WorldNeedsGivingSportsLosesChanceHalfCareersWonderfulDramaHundredShoesChampionRepeatsInterviewsDestroyingFifteenLapGraciousWorld ChampionsJenny Author:Malcolm Gladwell
“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
“As I look back now on my coaching career, I think of my family, I think of the days that we spent together. I say this to coaches everywhere: If you ever have a chance to take your kids with you, take them. Don't miss that opportunity. Because when it's all over and done with, when you look back, those are going to be your fondest memories.” IfsThinkingLooksDoneKidsTogetherJobsOpportunityMemoriesChanceFamilyCareersMissingMy FamilyCoachesCoaching Author:John Madden
“I took part in a theatre festival in Massachusetts two summers after I graduated from college. Then I was in Los Angeles thinking: "I'm going to go to New York." I'd decided that I would not have a chance of a film career, so I was about to make the move. I bought a plane ticket and found a place to live in New York, packed my bags and of course the universe "told me" that I was not meant to go. Suddenly, a week before I was supposed to leave, I had three job offers and one of them was my first movie.” ThinkingFirstsTwoJobsFilmMovingUniverseThreeCoursesFoundChanceCareersWeekNew YorkCollegeOffersSummerDecidedTheatrePlanesBagsLos AngelesTicketsFestivalsPlaces To LiveMassachusetts Author:Chris Pine
“If I didn't even stand a chance of winning races and competing for the title, I don't think I would be that interested in continuing my career.” IfsThinkingWould BeWinningChanceRaceCareersTitlesContinuingCompetingWinning The Race Author:Michael Schumacher
“Of all the awards, the Stand-up Comic Audience Award is our favorite. It is a chance to honor the performers who spend much of their careers developing their craft and working in the comedy clubs all over America.” AmericaChanceCareersAudienceComedyHonorClubsCraftsComicDevelopingAwardsPerformersComedy Clubs Author:George Schlatter