Greg Boyle Quotes

I'm an example of why people deserve second chances.

America is the land of the second chance - and when the gates of the prison open, the path ahead should lead to a better life.

The business of second chances is everybody's business.

I want the world to know that everybody deserves a second chance.

I mean this country is all about second chances. Look at me.

We think of our prison inmates as the dregs of society, and we scorn them and push them off to the side and forget about them. We have to remember that they are humans, and they have rights, and yes, they did wrong, but we all have one shot at doing wrong, you know?

I was an opportunist and got away with things because I was very young, but I went to prison and came out and remade my life.

I believe in recovery, and I believe that as a role model I have the responsibility to let young people know that you can make a mistake and come back from it.

They haven't given too many gamblers a second chances in the world of baseball.

My favorite fruit is grapes. Because with grapes, you always get another chance. 'Cause, you know, if you have a crappy apple or a peach, you're stuck with that crappy piece of fruit. But if you have a crappy grape, no problem - just move on to the next. 'Grapes: The Fruit of Hope.'

Everybody deserves a second chance in this world. That's basically all I ask.

After you have been incarcerated for so long, whatever story is told in the aftermath is beautiful.

I don't think that anybody should be suspended for life for anything, other than murder. How is it helping someone to say, 'You're done forever, your life's over'?

I like to think that even if we make some really bad choices and go down some bad paths, we'll eventually emerge from it.

I believe in trusting men, not only once but twice - in giving a failure another chance.

I signed schoolboy forms for Watford when I was 12, but then my parents got divorced, and I never kicked a ball for three years. I rebelled, I left home, but getting back into football sorted me out. It was the second chance I needed.

In baseball, there's always the next day.

During my time in prison, I told myself that I wanted to be a part of the solution and not the problem.

Most employers just aren't willing to look beyond the dumbest or worst thing someone has done.

Everyone who turns up on 'X Factor' does it because a door has been closed to them at some time in their lives, and this is the only shot they have got.

Even a criminal has the right to a new life, but they made sure I did not have that. They just didn't stop calling me a prostitute for ever and ever and ever and ever.

My family never missed a visit in eight months, ever. I cried coming out. I didn't cry coming in. There's a big difference. I believe that God put me there for a reason, Incarceration is serious.

I believe in giving people a second chance.

On paper, my history says that my future was not very promising. But through grace, I have the opportunity to prove that where you start is not where you have to end up.

The United States is a country of infinite second chances.