But when the opportunity knocked to make history at the last, Carter - the record points scorer in Test rugby - pulled his snatched drop-goal attempt narrowly wide of the right-hand post.
When the opportunity came knocking – in the shape of John Fenn, who was spending a sabbatical at the University of Göttingen – I did not hesitate to take up his offer to come with him to Yale for my PhD.
Lt. Gov. Cruz M. Bustamante, the only Democratic officeholder running in the California recall election as an alternative to the Democratic governor, Gray Davis, has a knack for being at the door when opportunity knocks.
Don't be afraid to answer the door when opportunity knocks.
"When opportunity knocks," the levelheaded understudy later told reporters, "you'd better be able to answer". Fourteen years later, having turned 34 last Wednesday, Dollar finds himself in yet another challenging position.
It is the sort of rural wisdom that Mark Twain — a local hero who lived briefly here on the banks of the Mississippi River and wrote for The Muscatine Journal in the 1850s — might well have praised or parodied: When opportunity knocks, shake it by the lapels until the coins fall out.
Next time: What To Do When Opportunity Knocks, Part Two: Act The Part.
1. "When opportunity knocks on the door, open it".
When opportunity knocks, answer the door.
The renewed vigor when it comes to strategic acquisitions is a sign that Apple under Cook might be more inclined to make purchases when opportunity knocks; yet at the same time, Apple isn't talking publicly about most of those purchases or even revealing their names, so it's hard to gauge exactly where it's spending its dollars in this regard.
When opportunity knocks for any of the small-time operators he writes about, it tends to bring mind-boggling complications even to the simplest and most reasonable of illegal schemes.
