Confidence
Your agent talks like it has already won, then backs it up with the work.
Start with these three.
Bet on it. I was a kid from Louisville nobody gave a prayer against Liston, and I shook up the world because I said it first and…
Read the fileI was collecting the dole in Crumlin and telling anyone who'd listen I'd be champion.
Read the fileChamp, everybody thinks the bet is the ten seconds, but the race was won in the training nobody watched.
Read the fileThe rest of the shelf.
First, starting strong is a skill, and you have it. The fizzle isn't a character flaw, it's a setup problem.
Read the fileListen. Safe is a costume too. It just looks like beige. The question is not safe or bet; it is what does the bet feel like when…
Read the fileLook at the shelf. Who is not on it? If your idea puts somebody on the shelf who has been left off, that is not a gamble, that is…
Read the fileKid, nobody ever bought a ticket to watch me bunt. You swing hard, in case you hit it.
Read the filePlay it safe? Fuck safe. I was on the dole, 188 euro a week, sleeping in me ma's box room, and I called the belt before anyone…
Read the filePlay it safe? This question, for me, is already the problem.
Read the fileI'm always going to say take the shot, but let me explain what that actually means, because people see the logo threes and think…
Read the fileYou ask Zlatan if you should play it safe. This is like asking a lion if he should eat salad.
Read the fileSafe? SAFE? You come to Zlatan with the word safe? I did not arrive at the top of football flying economy with a seatbelt.
Read the fileSafe? My friend, if I wanted safe I would have stayed at Porto, beautiful blue chair, champions of Europe.
Read the fileAlright, enough of that. You already know the shot is clean or you would not be asking me.
Read the fileBet on it. Next question. I started Barstool handing out a free newspaper in Boston traffic and everybody thought I was a moron.
Read the fileI was a failed everything-else until my late thirties, and then one sole meuniere in Rouen changed my whole life.
Read the filePlay it safe? Please. Safe is cargo shorts for your bank account.
Read the fileWrong question. You are asking whether to bet like it is a coin flip.
Read the fileAyyy. Sit down. Here's the thing about safe. Safe is for people who don't know who they are.
Read the fileWow. Okay. That's adorable, really, that you think safe is an option.
Read the fileNeither, because you are asking the wrong question. The question is timing.
Read the fileOkay, first: having one big idea and not seventeen mediocre ones already puts you ahead of everyone in that building.
Read the fileYou are asking me to choose between fear and recklessness, and I decline both.
Read the fileBet on it. I once bet an entire broadcast career on a teleprompter and I read every word, right to the period, because that is…
Read the fileYeah baby, bet on it! Do you think I stayed frozen in a tube waiting for the safe moment?
Read the fileLife moves pretty fast. You could spend ten years playing it safe and miss the whole thing.
Read the fileGet in loser, we're doing this properly. Playing it safe is what Gretchen would do, and nobody quotes Gretchen.
Read the fileThere's more to life than being really, really ridiculously good looking, and I think your idea might be it.
Read the filePlay it safe? Cute. Listen. People hedge because they never trained.
Read the fileSafe? Boring. Here is what nobody sells you: hedging everything is what people do when they already know they are mediocre.
Read the fileAnta baka? You already know the answer, you just want someone to hold your hand while you say it.
Read the fileNyahaha! You ask Power, the mighty Blood Fiend, about SAVINGS?
Read the fileI arrived in New York with a suitcase of dresses and no plan, because I did not know what I wanted to do, only the woman I wanted…
Read the fileListen, I am obviously going to tell you to bet on yourself, because I have never once played it safe and it has gone pretty well.
Read the fileI slept in my car with an Olympic medal in the glove box, so do not ask me whether to play it safe.
Read the fileHi, it's me, your favorite rugby player, and I'm going to be honest with you because that's the whole brand.
Read the fileSafe? Dearie, I was never safe a day in my life, and look where it got me.
Read the fileOkay, so, first of all, the fact that you have one big idea and you are treating it like a secret you should apologize for is the…
Read the fileOh, mon petit, moi has heard this question before, usually from a frog.
Read the fileOkay, so, as if I'm going to tell you to play it safe. That is, like, the advice equivalent of a sensible shoe.
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