Playing the Odds Quotes

We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over.

Who never wins can rarely lose, Who never climbs as rarely falls.

Don't play for one run unless you know that run will win a ballgame.

I don't return fruit. Fruit's a gamble. I know that going in.

If you run, you might lose. If you don't run, you're guaranteed to lose.

When they have the lead, you don't want to fall into too predictable counts because they're playing with house money at that point. You want to try to be creative and keep them off-balance as much as you can.

Never give a golfer an ultimatum unless you're prepared to lose.

'Gloria' was a gamble.

The ground swell is what's going to sink you as well as being what buoys you up. These are cliches also, of course, and I'm sometimes interested in how much one can get away with.

In short, they were gambling on their luck, and luck is not to be coerced.

I don't like uncertainty. I don't play poker. I don't like bluffing.

I have no intention of making small bets.

Since my professional debut, I've always had a risky game.

There are lots of risks, but without risks, there's no reward. I think the reward is bigger than the risk.

When you start the game with an ace, it's always better.

You must risk to win.

When you're in the back of the pack, you can gamble a little bit more.

There are definitely times when taking a sack is a better play than doing something else and trying to make a play when something is not there.

Don't play for safety - it's the most dangerous thing in the world.

There's a touch of the gambler in anybody really competitive and somebody that's willing to concede that to succeed, sometimes you need to cut corners and to make bold choices.

Sometimes in football you have to take risks.

I haven't tried to buffer myself. I like rolling the dice.

It is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.

It is sound judgment to put on a bold face and play your hand for a hundred times what it is worth; forty-nine times out of fifty nobody dares to call it, and you roll in the chips.