Ben E. King Quotes

I hit big or I miss big.

I think there's a difference between a gamble and a calculated risk.

Looking back, of course, it was irresponsible, mad, forlorn, idiotic, but if you don't take chances then you'll never have a winning hand, and I've no regrets.

Sometimes, you have to take a big risk.

I'm not afraid of taking big shots and things like that. It's a 50-50 chance. It might go in, it might not, but I'm not scared to take it.

You can't just live cautiously, I think, when you're in a knockout game.

I just swung for the fence. That's my whole philosophy in life.

I've put myself in this position where I haven't set myself up with a Plan B. I don't have a safety net; it's all in.

There is always a chance of failure, of producing something totally unnecessary. But I guess that chance of failure is what makes tightrope walking, race-car driving.

It's up to brave hearts, sir, to be patient when things are going badly, as well as being happy when they're going well ... For I've heard that what they call fortune is a flighty woman who drinks too much, and, what's more, she's blind, so she can't see what she's doing, and she doesn't know who she's knocking over or who she's raising up.

Why make yourself miserable saying things like, "Why do we have such bad luck? What has God done to us? What have we done to deserve this?" - all of which, if you understand reality and take it completely into your heart, are irrelevant and unsolvable. They are just things that nobody can know. Your situation is just an accident of life.

Sport, like all of life, is about taking your chances.

The world is the house of the strong. I shall not know until the end what I have lost or won in this place, in this vast gambling den where I have spent more than sixty years, dice box in hand, shaking the dice.

If human nature felt no temptation to take a chance there might not be much investment merely as a result of cold calculation.

Life's more fun when you take the chance that it might end.

Women's total instinct for gambling is satisfied by marriage

In Italy the Coach is a paratrooper who jumps out of the plane but doesn't know if the parachute will open or not.

I've had to make really big decisions, knowing the results were not always in my control. Through these moments, I've learned to be daring and take risks but understand that everything always happens for a reason.

I knew it was all or nothing.

Remember that nothing really important ever happens until someone takes a chance.

Principally, I'll give anything a chance, only because the greatest challenges are the ones that you never see coming.

People say doing a startup is like a marathon. It's actually a roadtrip at night with no headlights. You think you're going to Toledo but you're actually going to Miami and you might not have enough gas so you might need to buy gas from someone who might take you out if you aren't driving well

One of the things I've learned in my life is that sometimes you've got to take a chance.

When someone wants something then they should be aware that they are taking a risk. But this is precisely what makes life interesting.