Ability is of little account without opportunity.

I've been told throughout my career that I have good instincts, and the idea of discovery and development in terms of a new artist is so exciting to me. Being only 25 and in a position where I might be able to grant opportunities is really cool.

If a studio is going to offer me the opportunity to invite my mother and grandmother and all my friends to visit me free of charge in Thailand, I'm going to take that opportunity.

"Opportunities are not offered. They must be wrested and worked for. And this calls for perseverance... and courage."

"He's just quick in everything he does. I think before, he didn't have an opportunity to get open because of his size and the clutching and grabbing. Now he's able to get in those areas where nobody can touch him."

"He really gave us an opportunity to turn this franchise around overnight."

"He's young and he's going to have many opportunities. I know he was disappointed last night, but there are so many good young players now with a little bit more experience. It's unfortunate, but he'll be there for the next one."

"We feel that, with Sidney, we have a great opportunity over the next few years to put a great team on the ice. We're prepared to lose some money along the way. Eventually we're going to need some help,"

"He meant a lot to us. When we traded for him in the early 1990s he gave us the opportunity to win the Cup right away. What a great leader for our team when he came here and a great ambassador for the game and a great two-way player."

"He'll get the opportunity. The rest will be up to him. He showed the ability at his first rookie camp, but he was inconsistent. I guess you expect that out of a young kid."

"It was a great opportunity for us. We knew what this one meant. If we won it would effectively be a five team race."

"It's a great opportunity for South Australians to get behind this match, the first final we've ever had in Adelaide. I know the South Australian Cricket Association are very keen to make a success of it to prove that the Adelaide Oval is a venue worthy of more international cricket."

"Congress has an immediate opportunity to pass legislation enabling both companies to keep pension plans for workers in place."

"He's shown that he has the ability to pitch at the major league level. Opportunities come in different ways. When you get them you have to take advantage of them. If he makes our ball club he'll probably appear in the middle of the game as a situational type left-hander."

"Mulder really deserved this game today, because he's probably had the opportunity, or been in position, to win four or five games that we let get away from us after he's been out of the game. It's nice for him to get a special win, and I know this is special for him."

"Sometimes that's what happens. Used in another role, given a different opportunity - a pitcher finds his strength."

"It was so nice to have the opportunity to put them out there at the end. We have five seniors ? we'll miss them badly. They've been super for us."

"If anything, the negative press and the criticism take away the opportunity to feel as good as you can feel about your employment."

"We have an opportunity to have a home playoff game in Cincinnati. We still have a lot of football to play, but it's time to stop hiding from it. It's time to go sit in the front row."

"Kevin has done a fine job here and he deserves the opportunity he's going to get to be a starting player in Houston. But we feel it's in the best interest of our team to allocate the funds to another position."

"We do want to get things settled and get an opportunity to get the guy signed. I think it's important for us, for where our program is, our team, our city, that we don't have any problems with that and it's as smooth as we can make it."

"We had an opportunity to make some things happen that we didn't get done early in the game. Some things that you can't do in a football game. Eventually, the game gets away from you."

"We should not shrink from opportunities where our faith may be tried. The more I am in a position to be tried in faith, the more I will have the opportunity of seeing God’s help and deliverance. Every fresh instance in which He helps and delivers me will increase my faith. The believer should not shrink from situations, positions, or circumstances in which his faith may be tried, but he should cheerfully embrace them as opportunities to see the hand of God stretched out in help and deliverance. Thus his faith will be strengthened."

"I'm not a sponge exactly, but I find that something I look at is a great opportunity for ideas."