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" I was so proud to have the chance to be able to represent Canada at the Olympics in Vancouver. "

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" We do have to ask ourselves as a culture, what do we want to be? You know, what are our founding values? And if we are a society where everybody should have that fair shot and get a second chance, then we should take the necessary steps to implement that and make it a reality. "

Valerie Jarrett

" Sometimes you have to stop to think, regroup and regather yourself and realize how lucky you are to still be living and to still be breathing and still be able to even have a chance. "

" I think the harder you work, the more luck you have. "

" Colorful garments - ball gowns, kimonos, evening pajamas - made from yards upon yards of iridescent silk or velvet. I own an unjustifiable number of such outfits and jump at the chance to wear them. Against the etiquette about which I am otherwise all too conscious, I frequently, and unrepentantly, overdress for the occasion. "

" If we win trophies, we have the chance to win individual awards because it comes with the team targets. "

Fernando Torres

" I like to travel any chance I get, even if it's just a local vacation to San Diego or Palm Springs or wherever. I just like to get out and do stuff and see the world. "

Christa B. Allen

" You might get run over; you might get hit by lightning. I mean, who knows? Each day, there is a chance you might die. And there's nothing wrong with that. Every living being on Earth is facing that same existential rift. "

" Most people sort of enjoy going to work because of the socialisation, a chance to flirt with co-workers and so on, but actually hate the job they do. "

" I despise the Lottery. There's less chance of you becoming a millionaire than there is of getting hit on the head by a passing asteroid. "

" Nowadays love is a matter of chance, matrimony a matter of money and divorce a matter of course. "

" I'm an actor and I've created a lasting and memorable character named Frasier, who is not me, but who most people think is. So when I have a chance to play something that's different, I embrace it because it's fun; also in this case, he's a memorable character. "

" We need to give the Iraqis a chance to build their own future. It should be in their hands. It must be in their hands. That is what democracy is all about. We can teach it, we can explain it, but they must want it enough to make it work for them. "

" God's dice always have a lucky roll. "

" When I was born, my parents were huge into skiing. I grew up on Mont Blanc, skiing on that hill. I was really a ski baby. Loved it; I still love it. "

" To God be humble, to thy friend be kind, and with thy neighbors gladly lend and borrow; His chance tonight, it maybe thine tomorrow. "

" Chance doesn't mean meaningless randomness, but historical contingency. This happens rather than that, and that's the way that novelty, new things, come about. "

John Polkinghorne

" I think one of the coolest things you can do is disappear for a while, because it gives you the chance to re-emerge. To sort of pounce out of the jungle. "

" There's a lot of potential that goes unused in places like South Central L.A., a lot of brilliant, smart people who just don't have that chance to show it. "

" To suggest that Quebecers willingly give up the chance to exercise fully their influence within the federal government would be to betray the historical role Quebec has always played in Confederation, and to undermine the legitimacy of their pride and ambitions. "

" Science predicts that many different kinds of universe will be spontaneously created out of nothing. It is a matter of chance which we are in. "

Stephen Hawking

" When you have the chance to play a Champions League final, you have to win it. "

Gianluigi Buffon

" Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash. "

George S. Patton

" In skating or any amateur sport, as athletes we share something in common: the cost of training is quite a burden on our parents or on the athletes themselves trying to find a way to pay for their costs. "

" It's not that people don't like classical music. It's that they don't have the chance to understand and to experience it. "

Gustavo Dudamel

" Remember to be gentle with yourself and others. We are all children of chance and none can say why some fields will blossom while others lay brown beneath the August sun. "

" Skating has given me so many opportunities. "

" Every existing thing is born without reason, prolongs itself out of weakness, and dies by chance. "

Jean-Paul Sartre

" I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it. "

Stephen Leacock

" Every possession and every happiness is but lent by chance for an uncertain time, and may therefore be demanded back the next hour. "

Arthur Schopenhauer

" Forgiveness says you are given another chance to make a new beginning. "