Top 100 Opportunity To Play Quotes
#1. A part of me still says, 'Maybe, Denzel, you're supposed to preach. Maybe you're still compromising.' I've had an opportunity to play great men and, through their words, to preach. I take what talent I've been given seriously, and I want to use it for good.
Denzel Washington
#2. If you get it right, it's the most grand thing you could ever do. So many people let biopics slip through their fingers, but the opportunity to play Eazy-E could change my life.
Jason Mitchell
#3. I don't always want to play the wacky, crazy parts. I love having the opportunity to play a regular person in an irregular situation in a very realistic way.
Jon Gries
#4. If you are playing on a turning wicket, toss plays an important role. The team that wins the toss gets an opportunity to play on the fresh wicket. You should always prepare the wicket as per team's strength. But a rank turner might backfire.
Kapil Dev
#5. 'Deadwood' was just a wonderful opportunity for me. Outside of my own things that I've written, I hadn't had the opportunity to play a character with that amount of depth and range.
Ray McKinnon
#6. I don't want to look old and worn, but what can you do? My real focus is being an actor. I care more about having the opportunity to play roles that I haven't played than I care if my neck looks like someone's bedroom curtains.
Sally Field
#7. It's the opportunity to play something completely different, responding to what happened just before you started to play, and I love that.
Larry Carlton
#8. Do you know what my favorite part of the game is? The opportunity to play.
Mike Singletary
#9. There is no way I would play guitar like a tour de force like I did in Led Zeppelin. John Bonham, phenomenal drummer, young man with his technique, but do you think he would ever have the opportunity to play like that in another band? Of course he hadn't.
Jimmy Page
#10. This is why you play
to get an opportunity to play in the playoffs,
Derek Jeter
#11. I made the move (to #NYR) thinking about this opportunity, to play in the #StanleyCup Final.
Martin St. Louis
#12. It is my really sincere desire that we get an opportunity to play long enough for people to really grab on and become fans, because I think it's a great project.
Ron Glass
#13. Nancy Lopez has always been a role model of mine ... so to have the opportunity to play for her and spend time with her has been amazing.
Natalie Gulbis
#14. As children, we think our mother has always been a mother, but it is just one of the roles you may have the opportunity to play. They don't define you as a human being.
Amy Bloom
#15. I have been very fortunate to be able to work and get the opportunity to play different roles. It's nice to do big studio pictures and then work in Glasgow on films like 'Red Road' and then dress up as a vampire or an alien. I think that's why a lot of people are actors - the versatility.
Tony Curran
#16. You never had the opportunity to play with some of the great ballplayers, but being that close around them, and being in the same category, was a great feeling, to feel that vibe of all the best players who played the game.
Rickey Henderson
#17. Just to have the opportunity to play an American in America is a dream come true for me.
Andrew Lincoln
#18. I think theater is a great training ground; I think it's a great opportunity to play.
Tom Irwin
#19. Anytime you've got an opportunity to play for your country and win a gold medal, I think that takes it all. That's the greatest thing you could ever achieve in your sport. So, I have been very fortunate to play on great teams, but the gold medal was probably the best.
Larry Bird
#20. It's nice to have the opportunity to play for so much money, but it's nicer to win it.
Paul Bryant
#21. Everybody has an opportunity to play a role, a playmaking role, so it makes it harder to coach. It takes a little more time.
Phil Jackson
#22. I'm ecstatic that I had the opportunity to play in the American Basketball Association. It was an opportunity to be part of something new and exciting and I think everyone who played would tell you the same thing.
Mel Daniels
#23. As captain, I must always be an example to my team-mates. I'm calm and I don't have any problem with the coach or with the club. My only goal is to be ready whenever I have the opportunity to play.
Alessandro Del Piero
#24. Sometimes in film and television, I don't have the opportunity to play roles that really stretch and challenge me.
Marcia Gay Harden
#25. There's not a Sunday that goes past that I'm not excited to play this game. I feel as if I'm a lucky individual to have the opportunity to play this game, and when I do have the opportunity to finally play, you can bet your last dollar I will be excited to play.
Cam Newton
#26. It's a really unique acting opportunity to play two roles who are not only interacting with each other, but vastly different.
Jesse Eisenberg
#27. There's a little bit of me in all of the characters I've played. I've never really had the opportunity to play something that's a complete departure from me.
Katee Sackhoff
#28. I had an opportunity to play baseball in college, but I just didn't want to go to school. I started focusing on my music and it was game over!
Jason Aldean
#29. If I get an opportunity to play for a championship team, I'm going to go hunting for that. I have no loyalty.
Richard Jefferson
#30. I would be lucky to be remembered as Harry Crane. That being said, I think it's a goal for most actors to have the opportunity to play a variety of characters, so I hope any non-'Mad Men' role feels as separate as possible from Harry.
Rich Sommer
#31. The 'Rescue Me' gig was a unique opportunity to play a character - a misanthropic, angry guy - who was so contrary to how people think of me.
Michael J. Fox
#32. I think golfers get over-concerned about results. Enjoy the process: enjoy the opportunity to play.
Wendy Ward
#33. You rarely come across the complete footballer, but Scholes is as close to it as you can get. One of my regrets is that the opportunity to play alongside him never presented itself during my career.
Zinedine Zidane
#34. Having the opportunity to play a strong woman is a good one.
Kari Matchett
#36. There are countless fantastic actors out there who are being denied the opportunity to play Broadway because they're not a name, and I think that's kind of wrong.
David Harewood
#37. The Oakland A's, I loved all my teammates there. I loved all the coaches. They gave me the opportunity to play in the big leagues. And for that, I thank them. I mean it was a dream come true for me.
Tim Hudson
#38. Bill Belichick is the best professional football coach I think ever lived. I'm upset that I played for a plethora of teams and never got an opportunity to play for Bill Belichick.
Deion Sanders
#39. Unfortunately, I ended up kind of getting sadly duped, in a way. I haven't had an agent in 10 years, and now I'm doing some of the most interesting films I've ever had an opportunity to play in.
Daryl Hannah
#40. I never had the opportunity to play a Latino character that is seen in a heroic, smart way.
Ray Santiago
#41. It's very warm there, so we were outdoors all the time. The local people had programs for us year-round, where as kids we had the opportunity to play football, basketball, baseball, track and field - we just went from one sport to the next, year-round.
Rafer Johnson
#42. I'm very young. This gives me a perfect opportunity to play for a good team and be close to home, to grow as a player.
(on signing for D.C. United)
Freddy Adu
#43. What I love most about being a writer is the opportunity to "play Goddess" by creating happy endings for people I care about (my characters) and being able to work in my robe!
Laura Abbot
#44. I will get an opportunity to play again. Why? Because this is the NFL and there's always second chances.
Chad Johnson
#45. If you have the opportunity to play this game of life you need to appreciate every moment. a lot of people don't appreciate the moment until it's passed.
Kanye West
#46. I chose Tennessee because I thought they'd give me an opportunity to play.
Jamal Lewis
#47. There's something very cool as an actor when you have an opportunity to play somebody who's real, whether they're still alive or not, but who has lived a life.
Dwayne Johnson
#48. I love the characters I've had the opportunity to play.
Ben Whishaw
#49. I feel very privileged to be asked to be featured in another FIFA Soccer release, ... The game gives me the opportunity to play the matches I want to play every day of the week
even while away from the field.
Ronaldinho
#50. Auditions are an opportunity to play and go in there and bring the character to life. The writers have it stuck in their head and haven't seen it jump off the page.
Jodie Sweetin
#51. As an artist, it's a great opportunity to play a character like this [Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland]. And then, as a person, I had never been to the African continent. So, I knew, personally, it would reshape me.
Forest Whitaker
#52. I like the opportunity to play characters who have these dark sides but make the audience empathize with them. You want them to think there is some kind of sweeter, softer side to it.
Julian McMahon
#53. I don't mind playing bad guys, but I love having the opportunity to play all different types of characters.
J. R. Bourne
#54. It's a disappointment to lose key players. On the other hand it creates an opportunity to play other players.
Tom Moody
#55. It was a dream come true to be drafted by a pro team and have the opportunity to play.
Jamie Moyer
#56. I love a lot of reggae, but I've never had the opportunity to play with any reggae guys.
Billy Sheehan
#57. Red Bull is committed to providing not only quality domestic soccer, but also quality international soccer. You can't get much better than Barcelona. Our entire organization is excited about the opportunity to play one of the premier teams in the world.
Alexi Lalas
#58. I've been very lucky to have had the opportunity to play a diverse cast of characters in the short time I've been a voice actor.
Ashly Burch
#59. I'm just naturally gravitating towards different things. As you mature, different subject matters. And as you're older, you can't play as many parts, or you shouldn't be playing the parts that you used to play. But also there's the opportunity to play parts that you couldn't have.
Clint Eastwood
#60. Number one, it was a chance to thank my parents, because they passed away a couple of years ago. They gave me so much by giving me the opportunity to play soccer, and I wanted to share the story we had together.
Brandi Chastain
#61. After all my years of doing instrumental music I still like just a simple instrumental song with a nice catchy melody and an opportunity to play a solo over a harmonic structure.
Stanley Clarke
#62. I believe in professionalism, but playing is not like a job. You have to be grateful to have the opportunity to play.
Wynton Marsalis
#63. In many ways, I feel like having the opportunity to play Gogol in 'The Namesake' really was my dream role in many ways.
Kal Penn
#64. Attend your children's athletic events. There's nothing better than watching your child succeed while absolutely loving the opportunity to play in front of you.
Robert Cheeke
#65. Any time we have the opportunity to play in a more intimate room, there's such a huge aspect of our set just built for that. And beyond that, we just love being that close to our fans.
Ryan Lewis
#66. I had to work hard and hit the books because the opportunity to play in the NFL is not really that big, so I knew I needed something to fall back on. That's the message I want to send to those kids when I talk to them in person and let them know the most important thing is getting your education.
Jerry Rice
#67. Having an opportunity to play different characters, and work in different mediums, that's what's fun. The worst question you could be asked is, "What do you like better, film, television or theater?"
Corey Stoll
#68. Music allows the great opportunity to play with people who turned you on and you love.
Herbie Mann
#69. I have never had the opportunity to play in England, so I know little about it.
Zinedine Zidane
#70. Never neglect an opportunity to play leap-frog; it is the best of all games, and, unlike the terribly serious and conscientious pastimes of modern youth, will never become professionalized.
Hesketh Pearson
#71. Every day is an opportunity to learn something or discover something or someplace. Be curious, play, go out on a limb, walk a different way to work, try a new food at dinner and keep learning and growing.
Sandra Magsamen
#72. When I'm given an opportunity with music and goodness, then I want to do that [play that role]. I want to go all the way to the edge of that and make it as big as I can.
Kelli O'Hara
#73. At every moment, you have the opportunity to crap out. The world will always tell you to play it safe and just be dead.
Frederick Lenz
#74. The way I look at - speaking as a woman - I understand what it means to be a daughter, and to be a wife, and to be a mother, and also to be a career woman. The multiple roles that women can play in a society if given the opportunity is really a tremendous asset.
Margaret Chan
#75. I had given thought to acting, but I never really had a good enough opportunity or a character who made sense and paralleled my life a little bit. I feel like I'm one of the poster boys for a bad guy in a movie. I feel like I'm a good person to play a bad guy in a movie. I can say that.
Gucci Mane
#76. When I was a kid, I used to try and hit every ball out of the ground. After playing one-day cricket and Test cricket, I never thought I'd get a chance to play like that again, ever. Twenty20 has given me the opportunity of playing like a kid again. I can just feel free and go out there and hit.
Yuvraj Singh
#77. I personally think that Hollywood agencies ought to play a much better role in the development of Chinese films. Otherwise they're missing out on a lot of opportunities.
Bruno Zheng Wu
#78. We're all dealt with the same hand here, so to speak. I feel like I've had it a lot better than most people. I've had the opportunity to travel and play music all my life.
Levon Helm
#79. I'm the head coach at LSU. I will be the head coach at LSU. I have no interest in talking to anybody else. I got a championship game to play, and I'm excited for the opportunity of my damn strong football team to play in it. Please ask me after. I'm busy. Thank you very much. Have a great day!
Les Miles
#80. I wanted to play my violin and have my musical expression through the instrument. But then I was really young when I had my first opportunity to conduct.
Gustavo Dudamel
#81. What we do with our lives every day, whether at school, a desk job, or keeping the home in order, is our most basic opportunity to glorify God. That's what your role in His story looks like day in and day out. Instead of waiting to be offered a new role, play the current one well.
Trip Lee
#82. Too many bands practice in their garage, play a couple of shows locally, and expect opportunities to appear from the sky. Bands have to push, work, grind, and struggle to make it happen on their own.
Mark Hoppus
#83. Play Therapy is based upon the fact that play is the child's natural medium of self-expression. It is an opportunity which is given to the child to 'play out' his feelings and problems just as, in certain types of adult therapy, an individual 'talks out' his difficulties.
Virginia Axline
#84. I just think that we have more opportunity to have a bit more of that banter between each other. And, given that the two women are so different, there's really something to play with.
Sasha Alexander
#85. Not only did I get to play with these great international musicians, but I also had the opportunity to jam with the local celebrities in Toronto, people like the Walsh Brothers, David Wilcox, Kim Mitchell and the like. It was a great learning experience.
Jeff Healey
#86. There's an opportunity for the corner drugstore to play a much greater role. Pharmacists have been extremely well respected - they're one of the top two or three most-trusted professionals in opinion polls year after year.
Gregory Wasson
#87. I was in love with this character of Ray Krebbs. I wanted the part badly. I had done several Western films in my career at that point and there wasn't much opportunity then to play Western roles on television at that time.
Steve Kanaly
#88. Standing on that platform, I said a silent prayer. I thanked God for giving me the strength and the opportunity to come back, to play basketball again, and to be part of that whole magnificent Olympic experience. It's a memory I will always cherish.
Magic Johnson
#89. I just have my own taste, and I just try and stick with that. I'm just trying to play as many characters as I can for as long as I have an opportunity to.
Ryan Gosling
#90. You play because you have a guilty attraction to supernatural beasts and harlequin love stories, but you harbour the secret presumption that you could write them way better yourself. Good. This is your opportunity to prove it.
Avery Alder
#91. It's been interesting that a diversity of roles have come my way, and that I've had the opportunity to do them. To me, it's about going for a good role that has something to say, and that's a challenge. I've been lucky enough to play everything from a homeless guy to this crazy male nurse.
Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs
#92. The key to maintaining your inspiration in the day-to-day work of meditation practice is to approach it as play - a happy opportunity to master practical skills, to raise questions, experiment, and explore.
Thanissaro Bhikkhu
#93. For me, the NFL is the thing that's always been, kind of somewhat like the Heisman, it's been a dream as a kid to be able to have an opportunity to even be talked about being able to play in the NFL.
Johnny Manziel
#94. Some things need to be a song. Some things need to be a play. Some things need to be a painting. Some things need to be-though I'd never be a choreographer-some things might ought to be a dance [laughs]. I've found that exploring an idea in different ways, it gives you different opportunities.
Andy Wilkinson
#95. I did 'Narnia' because it was a good opportunity and all that, but really? I wanted to play Mr. Tumnus because he's my favourite children's character. That was awesome.
James McAvoy
#96. I think it's great the opportunity is given to all of us really to come out and play major championships after the real major championships have gone beyond us.
Greg Norman
#97. You can either avoid making mistakes and play not to lose, or you can make the most of every opportunity and play to win.
Mark Batterson
#98. Despite the situation in Cuba, I had a chance to play on the national team; and compared to other baseball players and other people in Cuba, I had the opportunity to live at a level that was not very high class but in the middle.
Yoenis Cespedes
#99. I would love to have the opportunity to do a play.
Jay Harrington
#100. My thing is, I want to play basketball, I would enjoy playing in the D-League, but at the same time I don't want to take an opportunity away from a young guy to get exposure. I'm still thinking about it.
Michael Finley
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