Muhammad Ali

Life is a gamble. You can get hurt, but people die in plane crashes, lose their arms and legs in car accidents; people die every day. Same with fighters: some die, some get hurt, some go on. You just don't let yourself believe it will happen to you.

American Boxer

Hunter S. Thompson

Gambling can turn into a dangerous two-way street when you least expect it. Weird things happen suddenly, and your life can go all to pieces.

American Journalist

Finn Balor

It was a big gamble to come to WWE, and it was a big gamble to come to NXT. Honestly, the gamble paid off.

Irish Wrestler

Stanley Ho

I don't gamble at all, all my life. I am only interested in sports.

Chinese Businessman

Koena Mitra

Working in Bollywood is like gambling, you cannot plan in advance.

Indian Actress

Sharron Angle

I used to gamble when I was young. I'm wiser now.

American Politician

Craig Benson

Kirk Kerkorian

American Businessman

Tom Payne

English Actor

Gennaro Gattuso

Italian Athlete

The verb 'gamble' often suggests a possibility of losing something important.

Negative Outcome

'Gamble' frequently involves money or financial stakes and is not typically used for other types of risks.

Financial Context

Using 'gamble' can emphasize the weight of a decision being made.

Decision Weight

As a noun, 'gamble' can refer to major life decisions with uncertain outcomes, not just money.

Life Decisions

The noun 'gamble' carries an undertone of risk, suggesting the outcome is not guaranteed.

Undertone of Risk

The term can also imply a thrill or excitement associated with taking a chance.

Connotation of Thrill

'Gamble' suggests taking action with the hope, but not the certainty, of a positive outcome.

Hopeful Action

It implies a choice to risk failure in a strategic attempt to achieve something big.

Strategic Risk

The verb 'gamble' also hints at possible negative consequences of a risky action.

Potential Consequences

 thought even that's an impressive view so we we took a gamble as you always do in filmmaking you always have to take a bit of a chance we had infrared cameras on the car and infrared light we can't see the light and the animals can't see the light but the the cameras you could pick up a black and white image of what was going

Filming Lions Hunting...

 Passengers paid a fare to be carried from one side of the Grand Canal to the other, as well as to other points around the city. But gondoliers soon developed a bad rap. Historical documents describe numerous infractions involving boatmen, including cursing, gambling, extorting passengers -- even occasional acts of violence.

Corruption, wealth and...

 really crazy the logic the reasoning was that they were a game of chance in that skill and thus gambling they're also viewed as a mob racket and just as morally corrupting evil almost satanic influence that would destroy children's minds it was a really just kind of crazy moral crisis and there was no greater

Tales from a modern...

 That's it. I was so afraid of being found out the next day that I called her and said, "I'm quitting." She was like, "You are not quitting, because I took a gamble on you, and you're staying. You're going to stay, and this is what you're going to do. You are going to fake it.

Your body language may...

 where the strongest currents sweep in the most food. For the small fish that live here, to venture into the blue water is a huge gamble, but they've got to do it to feed. If they get it wrong and go too far, that can mean the difference between life and death.

Deadly Predators of the...

 her gamble in traveling so far with such young kittens has paid off the kittens are digging in and this time cheby is not on the sidelines around this age six weeks kittens are old enough to have their first taste of

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 life it but today I did feel different I felt that I wanted to gamble I wanted to take our jobs we ran the experiment several times that's it don't move perfect having one person pose boldly

How to Feel Like a...

 or of flipping a heads. But as it turns out, this is not a very easy idea to apply in everyday life. That's why Americans spend more -- I should say, lose more -- gambling

Why we make bad...

 gamble but they've got to do it to feed if they get it wrong and go too far that can mean the difference between life and death

ONE HOUR Of Amazing...

 The young bull gambled everything and has paid a heavy price.

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