Adam Shankman Quotes

I'll try anything once. It's always good to see peoples' faces surprised - surprised that I race, or that I surf, that I trekked through the Himalayas. As long as I don't die, I'm good.

I think I play with no fear: I run at players regardless of who they are and try to make a difference.

Only one thing matters, one thing; to be able to dare!

It's the lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believe in myself. He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life. I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest.

You don't have to be fast. But you'd better be fearless.

I have always felt better taking a risk than an easier route for what I believe in.

I don't know if you've ever been skiing, but if you go to the slope you'll see all these kids fearlessly zooming by. It's only when we get older that fear creeps in. But for me, it just never has. And when it comes to racing, it's always about who is willing to go further, who is willing to take that extra step. I'm willing to take any amount of pain to win. I'm hungry like you.

If you are really one of us, it won't matter to you that you might fail. And if it does, you are a coward.

One of the inspiring things about Susan Sarandon career is that there's a quality of real fearlessness in it - you seem to be in it for the challenge and the experience.

I will walk where failures fear to walk.

We're at the top of the cliff and we can either fall off the edge or keep climbing.

It is necessary to DARE what must be attempted.

Becoming yourself is really hard and confusing, and it's a process. I was completely the eager beaver in school, I was the girl in the front of the class who was the first person to put her hand up, and it's often not cool to be the person that puts themself out there, and I've often gotten teased mercilessly, but I found that ultimately if you truly pour your heart into what you believe in - even if it makes you vulnerable - amazing things can and will happen.

Don't give up! I believe in you all. A person's a person, no matter how small! And you very small persons will not have to die If you make yourselves heard! So come on, now, and TRY!

Do what you love. Live fearlessly and take risks. Don't take no for an answer from anyone - go ahead and prove the naysayers wrong. Believe that anything can be possible.

It's possible that your next frontier isn't to get more efficient, it's to get more brave.

We are ready to try our fortunes to the last man.

If you're not scared a lot you're not doing very much.

Men who have lived significant lives are men who never waited: not for money, security, ease, or women.

Because you aren't afraid to kiss the dirt (and consequently dare to climb the sky)

Unless you stake your life, life will not be won.

You have to have the fighting spirit. You have to force moves and take chances

Never, ever regret or apologize for believing that when one man or one woman decides to risk addressing the world with truth, the world may stop what it is doing and hear. There is too much evidence to the contrary.

Doing what you're afraid of, getting out of your comfort zone, taking risks like that- that's what life is.

The man who is afraid to risk failure seldom has to face success.