Some would be content to wait for their chance, but not everyone is that patient.
Birmingham will not have to long to wait for a chance of revenge though - the teams meet again at Fratton Park in the Premier League on Tuesday.
Warwickshire's England hopefuls Ian Bell and Jonathan Trott were forced to wait for their chance to impress as openers Ian Westwood and Ant Botha survived to reach the close unscathed.
They had batting prospect Jean Paul Duminy making his first appearance but he had to wait for his chance as the experienced trio of Shaun Pollock, Boucher and Lance Klusener were sent in ahead of him.
It had initially looked as if Chelsea would have to wait for their chance to put Sunday's defeat to Manchester United behind them as referee Chris Foy called the game off due to fog just over an hour before kick-off - but the fog lifted and the game began on time after a change of decision by the referee.
Japan was almost completely lacking in U.S.-style self-correcting mechanisms--namely, the vulture investors, hedge funds, buyout giants and others who wait decades for a chance like this to pounce on distressed assets and help the entire system snap back.
The outcome means the leaders must wait another week for a chance to clinch the Spanish league title.
He must wait 10 days for a chance to make his Bluebirds home-coming against Reading at the Cardiff City Stadium on Tuesday, 1 February.
But Connor only had to wait a minute for another chance and this time he timed his leap to perfection to send a looping header over Brown from a sumptuous Ashley Cain cross.
Both sides are taking a big chance if they wait for the ruling.
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He was dropped following the 1999 World Cup in England and had to wait until August last year for another chance.
In August 2012, he launched the eponymous pop-up behind the centrefield scoreboard at Citi Field, where hungry fans wait up to three innings for the chance to sink their teeth into the Pat LaFrieda original filet mignon steak sandwich.
Many had tipped Murray to become the first British man to win a Grand Slam singles title since Fred Perry in 1936 - and for the foreseeable future he remains the nation's premier hope to do so - but he will have to wait at least another year for another chance on home soil.
And now is the time to change unemployment from a period of "wait and see" to a chance for our workers to train and seek the next opportunity -- so when that new and better day does come around, our people, our industry, and our entire country are ready to make the most of it.
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Second, just as backup quarterbacks frequently wait for mistakes made by the starter in order to get their chance to play, so do prudent individuals often save their money in order to buy on the cheap what was once dear.
But that kind of energy and certainty has helped to galvanise a community which now has a chance to put itself in the fast lane while other areas wait for government-funded schemes to come up with the goods.
He then insisted that he was going to wait for the sun to go down that night before trying it out, so there would be no chance of any neighbors seeing him.
Many car buyers wait for a second- or third-generation of a model of interest before buying to give the makers a chance to smooth out undetected problems.
Following the spat, Begovic had to wait until 27 October for a Premier League start, when an elbow injury to regular keeper Thomas Sorensen handed him his chance.
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