Jeff Abbott Quotes

However much risk we are taking, we can and probably should take more.

I think you make impacts by taking risks.

You can become a winner only if you are willing to walk over the edge.

I have learned, as a rule of thumb, never to ask whether you can do something. Say, instead, that you are doing it. Then fasten your seat belt. The most remarkable things follow.

All courses of action are risky, so prudence is not in avoiding danger (it's impossible), but calculating risk and acting decisively. Make mistakes of ambition and not mistakes of sloth. Develop the strength to do bold things, not the strength to suffer.

Any time you risk big you often risk losing big. You can win big but you can also lose big, but you have to be willing to take those risks.

I like taking risks and I decided to put every bit of me into the role.

The single biggest act of bravery or madness anyone can do is the act of change.

If you want to be successful, you have to jump, there's no way around it. When you jump, I can assure you that your parachute will not open right away. But if you do not jump, your parachute will never open. If you're safe, you'll never soar!

There is nothing wrong with a big bet, if a big bet is a good bet.

Well, it's always been my nature to take chances My right hand drawing back while my left hand advances

The great thing about taking big chances when you're younger is you have less to lose, and you don't know as much. So you take big swings.

We must substitute courage for caution.

For some, it was easier to take the leap from the leafless tree and dance on nothing until dancing was done.

It's important to take risks.

I think risk is important. I don't care if it's a great financial risk or a physical risk. You only get out of something what you put into it and the fact that you are willing to risk something means that you are going to get a lot more out of it.

I'd rather lose a game trying to win it, than lose it trying not to get beat

My motto is, 'When in doubt, shoot the ball'.

The boat is safer anchored at the port; but that’s not the aim of boats.

All significant achievement comes from daring from experiment from the willingness to risk failure.

I think we should follow a simple rule: if we can take the worst, take the risk.

It is only by being bold that you get anywhere. If you are a risk-taker, then the art is to protect the downside.

If you are leaping a ravine, the moment of takeoff is a bad time to be considering alternative strategies.

Risk deters those who see what they could lose. Those focused on the gain see it as a necessary part of their journey, even if the possibility of loss exists.

If you’re not doing some things that are crazy, then you’re doing the wrong things.