Adam Sandler Quotes

I just made the decision that I was going to try comedy, and if didn't work, then I knew it didn't work. Then I would go back and do whatever. But at least I wouldn't torture myself the rest of my life, wondering whatever would have happened.

You've got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.

I firmly believe that life is an 'and' proposition and not an 'or' one. If you really love something, you just have to try it. The worse that can happen is that you'll be told 'no.'

When you hold things back, when you don't commit completely to your ideas and trust completely in your own instincts, you are guaranteeing your own failure - even if you end up having commercial success.

If something excites you, go for it.

I knew I wanted to try comedy and acting. Even if I failed, at least I would have tried. It's better than never having tried.

I think, you know, if you're young - even if you're old, it doesn't matter how old you are - but if you find something that you really want to try, just give it a try.

I was always interested in doing it, but I was so content with my life that I didn't really go after it.

I had grand visions of being in professional sports. But when reality set in, I went, 'Oh, OK. I'll just move to Hollywood and be an actor.' I didn't want to look back on my life and wonder, 'What if I had done this? Or I had done that?'

I never even visualized for a second doing what I'm doing.

There are so many opportunities that I could've gotten before if I had just took a little more of a risk.

The only things you regret are the things you don't do.

I tend to do things that I'm very frightened of. That's what I do.

I've been trying to figure out for at least the last 10 years how to force myself into something more risky.

I've discovered people in my lifetime who are like, 'I always wanted to sing but... ' It's like, 'Well then, did you try?' My thing was always not caring about failure.

To me, it's important, always in life, to never wonder what would've happened if I only tried something.

I was a little careful when I first started off. A lot of times, for example, I thought, 'Oh, I can't pull that song off.' I should have just done it.

The only regrets I have are things I didn't do.

If you're afraid to do something then you're probably never going to achieve it.

I see my friends and family who have a passion or a dream, but it's now a dream deferred because they were never naive enough or brazen enough to say, 'Let me do this.'

When you see something you want to do, go do the damn thing.

I just say go for it and be yourself, even if you're scared or nervous, because you'll never know what happens if you don't try.

If you worried about falling off the bike, you'd never get on.

You've got to go out on a limb sometimes because that's where the fruit is.

I feel like I'm indirectly showing people, not that there's another way, but just that if you really have a dream, you should try and give it a go.