The school tries to help students 'reach/realize their full potential'. [=to become the best they can be]
There is 'potential' in the new technology, but it will be a long time before it can actually be used.
Wet roads increase the 'potential for' an accident. [=make an accident more likely to happen]
(..) MIKE: The baby's my future. SCARLET: That's crazy, Mike. No, I can't let you throw this all away. Bye, Mike. JANITOR: High school star. Never lived up to potential. - What are you doing? MIKE: I want to live in the past. JANITOR: I'll bet you wish you had it to do all over again. Hello?! (..)2009 17 Again
(..) Mike O'Donnell. Do I know you? No. But I know you. Oh, yeah? High school star. Never quite lived up to your potential. Sooner or later you all come back to the old school. Stand there and look at the picture of the glory days... ...wondering what might have been. (..)2009 17 Again