Going for It Quotes

There is something to be said about making a big play at any time.

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

When a black person is acting up or showing off, somebody might say she's 'wilin' out.' In sports, an athlete who really takes it to another level has entered 'beast mode,' which happens to be the nickname of the former Seattle Seahawks superstar Marshawn Lynch.

You got to risk it if you want the biscuit.

You know, if a drug has anything going for it at all, it should be self-limiting. It should tell you when you've had enough. Acid and peyote were that way for me.

Even if there's a tiny tiny chance, isn't that worth going for it?

My philosophy was simple. I was trying to score when I got the football in my hand. There was no question about that.

When I see something, I go for it.

Without the right attitude, a business with everything going for it will fail.

I saw the main character played by Mads Mikkelsen, and he's amazing. Hannibal had that going for it.

There was a much more self-destructive nature in 'Appetite.' It was a going-for-it-at-all-cost thing that worked then.

When I went out and did what I did in the world of professional wrestling as Stone Cold Steve Austin, pretty much anything and everything thing I said was ad lib, on the spot, just let it fly and go for it.

If I've got a run-out chance to win the game I want to take it.

I remember my choir teacher in high school told me, 'When in doubt, sing loud.' I'm a terrible singer, but I always auditioned for the musicals, and would get cast in them because I really would just put it all out there. That was really good advice, and I think it works for everything, not just acting.

Flowers, after love, must have been the best advert planet Earth had going for it.

It takes some balls to live life to the fullest.

Be bold. If you're going to make an error, make a doozy, and don't be afraid to hit the ball.

There is some liberation in the freedom of being totally alone and really going for it.

I have always been a person with big aspirations, and I have always been confident I could take my opportunity, but you never know until you are out there.

The only things that haven't worked for me are when I've held back. There's no reason to sell an idea short. The only risk would be to not fulfill the dream.

You must risk to win.

What I respect as far as in myself and in others is the spirit of just doing it. For better or worse, it may work and it may not, but I'm going to go for it. Ultimately I probably prefer to be respected for that than whether it works out or not, either winning or losing.

Going for it and changing what you could change-that's what success was all about.

Swing at strikes. You've got to swing at strikes.

[the Republicans] have come up with nothing. They say repeal and replace. That has alliteration. But that's all it has going for it because they don't have a replacement. What they have put forth and outlined will cost more to consumers. It will cover fewer people. It will give tax breaks to the wealthiest people.