The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.
I think you have to be in the right place at the right time. And understand that and know when it is your time and how you react to it and how you respond to it.
We must take the time to do what needs to be done now, what is right, instead of passing a bad bill.
Living with a conscience is like driving with the brakes on.
When I didn't do 'Runaround Sue' on the 'Ed Sullivan Show,' for example, I didn't listen to my inner voice. I should have.
I understood immediately that to get success I had to make for the front door, not for the back one.
You got to do what's right.
Someday, I'll make the right connection with the house I'm meant to be in.
Grab a chance and you won't be sorry for a might-have-been.
With a lot of things in life, it's hard to do the right thing.
Only when the voice of duty is silent, or when it has already spoken, may we allowably think of the consequences of a particular action.
As long as I take the responsibility of the choice, I have to make the choice that is as right as possible.
But, you know, sometimes - many - they all understand. That's the nice thing. They were all very happy for me and they understand why I decided to come to CNN. So in that respect, I know that they think it's the best thing for me to do.
People talk about opportunity knocking, but the gate was always swinging in the breeze before I got to the door.
Opportunity knocked. My doorman threw him out.
When good things come along, you end up saying yes to them. Because they're rare.
A cup final is all about seizing the moment. You cannot put right a mistake or a missed opportunity the following week.
A sound discretion is not so much indicated by never making a mistake as by never repeating it.
Everyone has a conflict inside of them - the conflict between what you should do and what you want to do.
I could have easily gone down the wrong path and dropped out of school, but I was given a second chance.
Everyone goes down a road that they're not supposed to go down. You can do two things from it. You can keep going down that road and go to a dark place. Or you can turn and go up the hill and go to the top - try to go to the top.
...even though you said yes to the wrong man, I hope that won't cause you to say no to the right one.
I'd recommend the high road to anybody. You wonder about it and you don't really appreciate it until you do it and you find that it worked for everyone. But I recommend it.
There are definitely times when taking a sack is a better play than doing something else and trying to make a play when something is not there.
I retired in Formula One and I think it was the right time, so I'm happy with my decision.
