Jerome Boateng Quotes

It's always better to attack than to defend," Coram had told her when they talked about fencing late at night. "Always. Ye don't win with defense--ye only hold the other feller off, or wear him down. Attack and have done with it!

Progress rarely comes as a result of being passive.

God always works with workers and moves with movers, but He does not sit with sitters.

You can't just be a recipient of a blessing, you have to do something to make it happen.

things cannot be expected to turn up of themselves. We must in a measure assist to turn them up

When you walk up to opportunities door, don't knock it... Kick that B*tch in, smile and introduce yourself

I'm not the type who will go and ask people for roles.

Luck is something you find, or you go for it.

People - and I think this is particularly true of Americans - don't like to be passive. They like to seize control.

People are either driven to action or complacency, mission or rust. You're either participating in the Game of Life or you're watching it from the grandstands.

Always attack, never defend.

The world is run by those who show up not those who wait to be asked.

I took it upon myself to be more aggressive. I wanted the ball. Coach gave me the ball and I just tried to attack (and) make plays, just take it to the rim and see what happens.

Men of action usually win - that is one of their distinctive features.

You seldom, if ever, get lucky sitting down.

You can't stand around and wait to be asked to dance.

The world seems to belong to those who reach out and grab it with both hands. It belongs to those who do something rather than just wish and hope and plan and pray, and intend to do something someday, when everything is just right.

Feeling confident - or pretending that you feel confident - is necessary to reach for opportunities. It's a cliché, but opportunities are rarely offered; they're seized.

I think I've always been a follow-the-leader with my career, or maybe waiting for things to happen. Now I'm like, I'm OK-I know the direction, whoever's on board can go with me.

The wrong thing to do about any given circumstance or situation is to do nothing.

Life involves effort and growth. You won't grow by watching a situation comedy, though you can grow by reading a book. I hope we aren't becoming a nation of watchers, because what made us great is that we've always been a nation of doers.

If you're not at the front, you're not in the race.

Most people never pick up the phone and call. Most people never ask, and that’s what separates the people who do things from the people who just dream about them.

Never be passive. Victories happen when you take charge of a game. You can't win by playing not to lose".

The sleeping fox catches no poultry.