Beverly Sills Quotes

Sometimes you gotta leave when you're on top.

I was smart enough to go through any door that opened.

It sounds funny, but the 2008 Olympics were something that just kind of happened, and I was lucky they came at a point when I was uninjured and well prepared. As a gymnast, you can't ask for much more.

Luck can often mean simply taking advantage of a situation at the right moment. It is possible to make your luck by being always prepared.

I have been fortunate to have my game peak at the right times.

I think it just boils down to right place, right time, and just being able to break them big fights. Maybe it wasn't England's time, and right now, I feel like it's England's time.

When you win the Cup, you need everything to line up. You need to get lucky, you need guys to stay healthy, you need guys to play well at the right time.

I just always loved to perform and I was lucky enough to be in front of the right people at the right time!

For some reason in Spring Training, everything just clicked. You don't try to do anything in Spring Training but get ready, but things fell into place.

I've been wanting to sing for a long time. I've been singing all my life, and I've tried different record companies, but it seemed like - it was such a struggle and so hard to get out there. So, I said, 'I'm gonna go on American Idol and see how far it takes me.'

The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell.

I think every athlete has their window of opportunity, and you just have to jump on it. You never know when it can end. So I'm just trying to live large while I have the opportunity.

It's being in the right place at the right time and taking advantage of your opportunities.

The early bird catches the worm.

When ye are prepared for a thing, the opportunity to use it presents itself.

I've learned the truth in these sayings: 'Luck is when opportunity meets preparation' and 'The right project will find you'.

Politics, like theater, is one of those things where you've got to be wise enough to know when to leave.

I think you have to be in the right place at the right time. And understand that and know when it is your time and how you react to it and how you respond to it.

People often remark that I'm pretty lucky. Luck is only important in so far as getting the chance to sell yourself at the right moment. After that, you've got to have talent and know how to use it.

When I start doing movies, that'll be the time to pack Vine in. Quit when you're on top. Be the king.

There was no way we were going to let this band hobble around on three legs. We chose the route that every professional actor, athlete and musician should do - leave the legend intact and bow out at the top.

I think I've always been very good at taking advantage of the opportunities that have been given to me, because I didn't have many. Once I got one, I grabbed it with two hands.

I think I came at the right moment at 'SNL.' There was a space for me, and I was good at it.

Sometimes it's about finding the right situation at the right time in this league.

One thing that I am becoming to learn is that you've got to have patience and wait your turn in this game. I feel like I am progressing as an artist, as a writer and as a performer and I know that there will be that one moment that will change everything.