Denzel Washington
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
But I never understood that concept, having something to fall back on.
If I'm going to fall, I don't want to fall back on anything.
I want to fall forward.
I figure at least this way I'll see what I'm going to hit.
Fall forward.
This is what I mean.
Reggie Jackson struck out 2,600 times in his career, the most in the history of baseball.
But you don't hear about the strikeouts.
People remember the home runs.
Fall forward.
Thomas Edison conducted 1,000 failed experiments.
Did you know that?
I didn't know that.
Because the one thousand and first was the light bulb.
Fall forward.
Fail big.
Today is the beginning of the rest of your life and it can be very frightening.
It's a new world out there.
It's a mean world out there.
You only live once.