Taysom Hill Quotes

Between calculated risk and reckless decision-making lies the dividing line between profit and loss.

Just taking risks for risk's sake, that doesn't do it for me. I'm willing to take risks that I think are worth it, and I've worked so hard to make sure that I survive.

And people who take risk intelligently can usually actually make a lot more progress than people who don't.

When I take a risk, I like it to be a calculated risk, meaning I make it as small as possible.

It is not the manager's job to prevent risks. It is the manager's job to make it safe to take them.

However much risk we are taking, we can and probably should take more.

I'm a risk manager, but I'm also a risk taker.

By definition, risk-takers often fail. So do morons. In practice it's difficult to sort them out.

There is the risk you cannot afford to take, and there is the risk you cannot afford not to take.

Often you need to take some risk, but it must be a realistic risk, you can't take a crazy risk.

If the risk is fully aligned with your purpose and mission, then it's worth considering.

I talk a lot about taking risks, and then I follow that up very quickly by saying, 'Take prudent risks.'

If you have something at risk, you think differently.

I like to take risks as long as they're healthy, you know. They're good, smart risks.

Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.

I take big risks, but I'm not reckless about it.

I'm just a risk taker. I have gut instincts.

Creative risk taking is essential to success in any goal where the stakes are high. Thoughtless risks are destructive, of course, but perhaps even more wasteful is thoughtless caution which prompts inaction and promotes failure to seize opportunity.

You have to take risks.

People need to learn to live with more risk.

The concept of insurance is not to share risk but to avoid risk.

When you have less risk, you have more fun. You can take risks. It's much easier to take risks when there's less money on the line.

I think that we have to be constantly asking ourselves, 'How do we calculate the risk?' And sometimes we don't calculate it correctly; we either overstate it or understate it.

In any endeavor, you have to understand your tolerance for risk. What's a failure you can afford?

People say I take too many risks. But the fact is, there is risk involved in every shot. You can get out trying to defend a ball as well.