Keyword: Odds

The incidence of anything worthwhile is either 15-25 percent or 80-90 percent.

If the odds are a million to one against something occurring, chances are 50–50 it will.

All life is 6 to 5 against.

What is the probability that something will happen according to the odds?

Always remember Goliath was a 40 point favorite over David.

American football & basketball coach

If on an actuarial basis there is a 50-50 chance that something will go wrong, it will actually go wrong nine times out of ten.

The probability of winning is inversely proportional to the amount of the wager.

Life is a gamble at terrible odds… if it was a bet you wouldn’t take it.

(1937 – ) British playwright & screenwriter

Jimmy Hill: Don’t sit on the fence Terry, what chance do you think Germany has got of getting through?

Venables: I think it’s fifty-fifty.

English football player & manager

The odds of going to the store for a loaf of bread and coming out with ONLY a loaf of bread are three billion to one.

(1927 – 1996) columnist & humorist