My dad used to tell me, 'Look, son, opportunity does not come knocking.' It's usually running down the street, and you have to chase it down, you have to tackle it, and then you have to hang on to it.
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Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door.
Sometimes opportunity knocks, but most of the time it sneaks up and then quietly steals away.
If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.
You can't knock on opportunity's door and not be ready.
Opportunity knocks, but doesn't always answer to its name.
People talk about opportunity knocking, but the gate was always swinging in the breeze before I got to the door.
Opportunity knocks only once. You never know if you'll get another opportunity.
When you get the first knock, it kind of wakes you up: you know, they are men, and it is not like Under-18s when you can take loads of knocks and know you will be fine, that you won't feel anything after the game. You definitely get harder knocks, but it helps. You just get up and get on with the game, and then you can give it to them back.
When you have the opportunity, you strike.
If I'm compelled to do something, I don't shy away from it simply because I haven't tackled it before.
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