Ross Barkley Quotes

Every preseason, I feel I've done well, and it's just about being given a chance.

Be ready for when your time comes, you will have that window of opportunity, so seize the moment and capitalise on it.

If we do what is necessary, all the odds are in our favor.

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.

Opportunities present themselves every day - to everyone. You just have to be alert and ready to act.

I want to make sure that I am always ready: that if I step off the bench, I will make a contribution, then be given my chance.

First, I prepare. Then I have faith.

Luck is where opportunity meets preparation.

Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor.

There is no such thing as luck. It's a fancy name for being always at our duty, and so sure to be ready when good time comes.

You have to put yourself in a position to be lucky.

Someone asked me what are the secrets to my success, and I said 'There are three: Timing, timing, timing.'

Intuition is the wisdom formed by feeling and instinct - a gift of knowing without reasoning... Belief is ignited by hope and supported by facts and evidence - it builds alignment and creates confidence. Belief is what sets energy in motion and creates the success that breeds more success.

If you attempt certain things at the right time, they are easy to accomplish - in fact, they almost get done by themselves. If you undertake them before the time is right, not only will they fail, but they will often become impossible to accomplish even when the time would have been right.

There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat. And we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures.

You can't knock on opportunity's door and not be ready.

As fast as each opportunity presents itself, use it! No matter how tiny an opportunity it may be, use it!

Don't wait. The time will never be just right.

I've found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often.

I think it is important to grab the moment and be ready when the opportunity is in front of you, but people may not be ready when that moment arrives.

For me, always being ready and knowing that when I have my opportunity, I have to go out there and do my best. My whole career has been like that. I try to do my best in putting my focus in what I can control.

In politics and life, timing is everything.

You need to ensure you are ready and impress when called upon.

When you get to the big games you never know when you are going to be back so you've got to try as best as you can to take advantage of those opportunities.

It can be a grind, training and fighting and waiting for your chance. But when that opportunity presents itself, you have to be ready because you never know if or when you'll get another shot.