Chuck Liddell Quotes

An actor always goes to the safe side.

Sometimes I can be a little bit cautious in keeping the ball, playing a safe pass rather than an adventurous one.

You always have to play it safe, no matter who you're fighting. I don't fight any easy guys. I haven't maybe ever in the UFC. To me, you've always got to be safe. But I don't want to have my foot on the brake at all. My foot is going to be on the gas, and I'm going to be smart at everything.

Honestly, I wanted to play it safe with my first film; I didn't want to do something completely out of the box.

Throughout my career, I have always played it safe with the kind of roles I've taken up.

I have not always been a risk taker.

There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence.

I don't like to be out of my comfort zone, which is about a half an inch wide.

Some people get into this business and they're so afraid to lose anything. They try to protect their position like clinging to a beachhead. These actors end up making really safe choices. I never wanted to go that route. If I go down, I'm going down swinging.

Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt.

We've become a country that is often risk averse. That's not the way to succeed.

Our ancestors always thought of the worst thing that could happen, and that's why we're alive.

We had a pretty good lead, so why push it.

I'm a really cautious person, so I don't let myself get into near-death experiences. I'm not into the idea of skydiving or anything.

I'm not a big risk-taker - being bad just wasn't worth my time or the risk of having the consequences for it. So maybe I'm a little bit lame for that.

I hate hearing in a UFC corner, 'You won the first four rounds; just stay away from him this round.'

I don't ever feel cautious about making plays. I tell myself that injuries are more likely to occur if I try to play safe.

You can't play to not lose.

There's no need for me to go out there and try to set the world on fire, try to win races and put myself in a tough spot, not be able to capitalize on it. If the opportunity presents itself, yeah, we'll jump on it. There's no need for me to force a hole, end up tearing up a racecar.

I will take less risks. When the options aren't appearing, I will clear it into the stands or play a long ball up front.

Liverpool are a team that is essentially very defensive; caution is at the heart of their game.

Floyd Mayweather, he's a safe fighter. He is who he is. He's not going to take any risks.

I really felt like it was a dangerous trap to get into, having had such great success with 'Wishes,' it just wasn't in my blood not to play it safe and just do that again.

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.

It would break my heart to lose playing safe.