There are some things one can only achieve by a deliberate leap in the opposite direction.
There is nothing wrong with a big bet, if a big bet is a good bet.
Now is the time for guts and guile.
A great ballplayer is a player who will take a chance.
When the time comes to leap in faith whether you have your eyes open or closed or scream all the way down or not makes no practical difference.
The most radical thing I ever did was to stay put.
Enormous self-belief, intuition, the ability to take a risk at a critical moment and go in for a very dangerous play with counter-chances for the opponent - it is precisely these qualities that distinguish great players.
The way you make something happen is to do something that a fool could screw up.
I've always been a risk taker. When I told my mum I was quitting my job to be a bobsledder, she wasn't surprised.
Plunge boldly into the thick of life!
Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.
There is a time on every job where you say, screw caution. I'm not foolhardy. I'm not stupid. But sometimes you have to be the battering ram.
To stake all one's life on a single moment, to risk everything on one throw, whether the stake be power or pleasure, I care not - there is no weakness in that.
When you have done the rashest thing in the world it is very pleasant to be told that no man of spirit could have acted otherwise.
I believe when you’re stuck in one spot for too long it’s best to throw a grenade where you stand, and jump…and pray.
The single biggest act of bravery or madness anyone can do is the act of change.
I did the only really brave thing I have ever done in my life: I inched forward.
What might be a brave choice for you, for another person they may simply not experience fear.
I'm in a kind of weird position where I want to prove that I can do smaller movies.
