All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. Aristotle
An athlete gets paid a lot of money. And someone who is after that, a thief, a mugger or someone who steals from people, they are taking a chance with the law that if they get caught, they are going to jail or face some other problem. In my case, you are going to get shot. Luke Scott
Anywhere, anytime ordinary people are given the chance to choose, the choice is the same: freedom, not tyranny; democracy, not dictatorship; the rule of law, not the rule of the secret police. Tony blair
As a writer and as a reader, I really believe in the power of narrative to allow us ways to experience life beyond our own, ways to reflect on things that have happened to us and a chance to engage with the world in ways that transcend time and gender and all sorts of things. Kim Edwards
At 9 years old, I moved in with my father because my mother could no longer care for me. Looking back, I now see so many similarities between my own childhood and that of my sons. My father stepped in when I needed him, and that gave me the chance for a better life. That's what I'm doing for my boys now.Dwyane Wade
Baseball gives every American boy a chance to excel, not just to be as good as someone else but to be better than someone else. This is the nature of man and the name of the game. Ted Williams
Being named as a finalist for the USA Basketball National Team is an unbelievable feeling and an opportunity that is truly humbling. It is an honor to be included with such talented players and I look forward to the chance to represent my country this summer. James Harden
Chance is an element of life. What I try to do is study what I call the mechanics of reality as carefully as I can. Paul Auster
Classic art was the art of necessity: modern romantic art bears the stamp of caprice and chance. Max Eastman
Enjoy your sweat because hard work doesn't guarantee success, but without it you don't have a chance. Alex Rodriguez
First, I have to thank God for giving me the gift that he did as well as a second chance for a better life.Oksana Baiul
Getting a chance to practice six months against my own teammates, who I consider the best soccer players in the world, there's no way I couldn't improve. Lorrie Fair
Halfway through the decade, we realized that we had a great team and that we could do great things, and that we could probably have something here that we believed we had a chance to reach greatness. Franco Harris
I actually love writing for teens best. I had such an awful time in my own teen years - I love having the chance to relive them through my fiction. Meg Cabot
I always wished I had a chance to meet an NFL player or even a college player when I was growing up in Los Angeles. Stephen Baker
I couldn't beat Michael Phelps. A couple of years ago, I was racing against him and it just kinda dawned on me during the race that there was no chance I was gonna beat this guy. And so I said, if you can't beat him, find a race that he won't swim. Mark Warkentin