Crucial Moment Quotes

I think almost every political leader is always told that the next speech they make is the most crucial one.

The key to any good sports story is identifying the defining moment. In football games or a boxing match, it's usually pretty obvious. But in golf, sometimes it happens on Thursday. Usually it's Sunday, but guys who don't know the game, they can miss it.

The die has been cast.

The time for desperation is upon us. Let's play.

Sometimes a 1-yard gain on third-and-1 is a big play. People take that for granted.

Now is the dramatic moment of fate, Watson, when you hear a step upon the stair which is walking into your life, and you know not whether for good or ill.

Sometimes you need a special player to do something out of the ordinary.

I'm so, so thrilled that [Pope Francis] is there at this crucial moment in the history of our world.

A cup final is all about seizing the moment. You cannot put right a mistake or a missed opportunity the following week.

You always wonder if you can make plays at the end.

When the right moment appears, the key is to not let it pass.

He's a tremendous breath of fresh air. The things he [Pope Francis] has done in a short period of time: the fact that he does not live in a huge papal mansion and just dropped by in the dining room where ordinary people have meals. You think of his background, where he didn't use limousines in South America, that he used public transport. I'm so, so thrilled that he is there at this crucial moment in the history of our world.

The decision to kiss for the first time is the most crucial one in any love story.

It seems like we are moving towards something, some kind of point and it is probably going to be an important point in our development or dissolution. That is what everybody seems to be thinking.

Bilbo saw that the moment had come when he must do something.

The big plays will come.

You know, eating's much more important than most people think. There comes a time in your life when you've just got to have something super-delicious. And when you're standing at that crossroads your whole life can change, depending on which one you go into - the good restaurant or the awful one.

The indictment, in a lot of ways, that was the turning point.

THE most important day I remember in all my life is the one on which my teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, came to me

There's times when one play makes the whole difference, one calls makes the whole difference. And tonight it was that call.

It was the defining event and remains a thousand degrees hot.

There are definitely times during a game when you need someone to step up and make a play.

Often in football a game is really balanced and one small detail will make the difference between winning and losing. We try to find the detail that makes the difference for us.

I like to tell stories about people trying to make the right, difficult decision at the least opportune moment... People in a crucible of an extraordinary circumstance. And then, how that experience changes their life.

His head was swimming, and he was far from certain even of the direction they had been going in when he had his fall. He guessed as well as he could, and crawled along for a good way, till suddenly his hand met what felt like a tiny ring of cold metal lying on the floor of the tunnel. It was a turning point in his career, but he did not know it. He put the ring in his pocket almost without thinking; certainly it did not seem of any particular use at the moment.