Dabo Swinney Quotes

When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth. So what the hell, leap.

Like: 'Don't walk out there with one hand in your pocket unless there's somethin' in there you're going to bring out.' You gotta commit. You've gotta go out there and improvise and you've gotta be completely unafraid to die. You've got to be able to take a chance to die. And you have to die lots. You have to die all the time.

I'm a curious person, and I always like to test new waters, and I've always jumped into the cold water and then started to think about how to swim.

Whatever fortune brings, don't be afraid of doing things.

I feel every day that everything I create - everything I do - I want it to be a risk.

Nobody knows what they're doing, so don't be afraid to try things.

I believe that to do anything in this world one needs a love for risk and adventure, and above all, to be able to do without what middle-class families call "future."

Play around. Dive into absurdity and write. Take chances. You will succeed if you are fearless of failure.

Jesus never told His friends to play it safe.

I want brave people. Fearless ones. A good actor just goes out and leaps off the edge and develops wings on his way down, hopefully. That's the kind of people I really enjoy working with. Playing safe isn't much fun. I like danger. It's controlled danger, always, and that's why I hope I don't lure too many good actors down into the pits with me, because I hope they maintain their own unique talents.

Live dangerously and you live right.

I like the challenge of trying different things and wondering whether it's going to work or whether I'm going to fall flat on my face.

It's only when you risk failure that you discover things. When you play it safe, you're not expressing the utmost of your human experience.

Life, like poker has an element of risk. It shouldn't be avoided. It should be faced.

I'm not afraid to take a swing and miss.

People who make no mistakes lack boldness and the spirit of adventure. They are the brakes on the wheels of progress.

Never stop because you are afraid - you are never so likely to be wrong.

Everybody else is afraid to fail. I do not really care because when I fail, I try something new.

Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.

You have to be willing to be afraid if you're going to be an artist.

I think it's my adventure, my trip, my journey, and I guess my attitude is, let the chips fall where they may.

I think it's so exciting to try anything you possibly can.

It is quite amazing how hard the subconscious works when it is made to understand that this life is not a rehearsal, there is no safety net and no assurance of any final closure. It is also quite appalling to realize how catatonic the imagination can become when we hedge our bets, opt for the safer direction at every fork in the path.

You have to be able to fail with the improv. You have to not care.

Risk isn't a word in my vocabulary. It's my very existence.