Taking Precautions Quotes

Predicting rain doesn't count. Building arks does.

No one tests the depth of the river with both feet.

He who leaves nothing to chance will do few things poorly, but he will do few things.

Don't let the same dog bite you twice.

I don't like to risk - I'm actually not a tough guy at all, make no mistake about it, so I'm not going to do something that I'm scared of. So, if something looks dangerous, at the time I didn't think it was, because I'm the first person to cower away from a risk of injury if there seems to be one.

Hew not too high, lest the chips fall in thine eye.

Be wary then; best safety lies in fear.

If I've got to use my head, I might as well wear the mask.

The chief danger in life is that you may take too many precautions.

My view was that if you're going to make a mistake in your predictions, make sure you make them the right way. Don't put yourself into a situation where, in fact, you say you're going to do something, and then all of a sudden you can't.

If you don't have reservations, you're a fool. You can't go blind into something.

You have to be careful to react when you start to deviate from your course.

It is not good to cross the bridge before you get to it.

I do not want to establish the precedent of going about guarded.

I've walked away from more climbs than I can count, just because I sensed that things were not quite right.

Even wrestling, now, I wear the helmet all the time. I'm not going to make that mistake again ever in my life.

Before I make a mistake, I don't make that mistake.

I won't put myself in a position where I'm vulnerable.

I play low to the ice and that's a way I've protected myself in the past - I just felt that it was better to be safe than sorry.

I was fortunate to not get wrapped up too hard in anything that was too dangerous.

Something like trying to protect yourself all the time, things like trying to outwit fate. Those things can be the worst thing you can do for yourself.

People ask me how I am so fearless on a ladder and how I have no fear in the ring. And the answer to that question is a bit complicated. I used to have no fear, but that is no longer true. With a wife and two girls at home, I'm more afraid now than ever.