In this business, you're dependent on the writer, the filmmaker, the luck of beating out who knows how many people for the part. I'm over getting torn up about that.
Chance works for us when we are good captains.
In global terms, to be born British remains a remarkable stroke of luck.
Sure, luck means a lot in football. Not having a good quarterback is bad luck.
Some degree of inequality in income and wealth, of course, would occur even with completely equal opportunity because variations in effort, skill, and luck will produce variations in outcomes.
You can sometimes bowl extremely well and get no reward.
Unfortunately, gambling and winning don't often go hand-in-hand.
I think I've been lucky, being my frequent appearances on Court TV have brought to me another level than just the actor guy.
If you're very talented and keep winning, you'll do just fine. It may take a while. But the talent is hard to identify and talent is hard to tell from luck. There's an awful lot of luck in this business. Past performance is not helpful in judging future performance.
It's hard to have any kind of luck in this business.
It can destroy an individual, or it can fulfill him, depending a good deal on luck. No one should come to New York to live unless he is willing to be lucky.
In tennis, because of the way it's scored, I don't think that scoring one point out of luck is ever decisive in winning. But, of course, it depends on the moment.
You should know that you need talent, passion, and luck to be a singer.
When I pick up the ball and it feels nice and light and small I know I'm going to have a good day. But if I picked it up and it's big and heavy, I know I'm liable to get into a little trouble.
Sometimes as a goalie, it doesn't matter how good you are, everything has to fall right for you.
In my day it was 75 percent car and mechanic, 25 percent driver and luck. Today it's 95 percent car.
It was reported that the New York Knicks have won all 12 of the home games attended by magician David Blaine. A spokesman for the Knicks said, 'if this is what it takes to win, it's not worth it.'
If the influence of luck is a delusion, then all I can say is that the delusion is virtually universal.
I don't think facing one of your own active pitchers would be a good idea, unless I got super lucky and hit a ball through the middle or something. That would not be good. I'd pull every muscle in my body.
As a fighter pilot I know from my own experiences how decisive surprise and luck can be for success, which in the long run comes only to the one who combines daring with cool thinking.
I mean, hope doesn't get actualized in three and a half years. If that were the case, we'd be out of luck as a country.
Baseball is a game of averages, but over a short period of time, to have a little luck going is not a bad thing.
I had no luck when I started out as a model. I keep telling people that it's the only career in the world that you can't choose for yourself - you have to be chosen.
You start at the stupid end of the book, and if you're lucky you finish at the smart end.
I feel like a hostage to fortune. Not that I am complaining. I wanted to play the role. But in truth I didn't think the show would be such a success. OK, I thought it would fail. Not because it was bad. I was confident it was good, but plenty of good things just sort of wither on the vine.
