Quotes About Scrutiny

Producing zines can offer an unexpected respite from the scrutiny on the Internet, which can be as oppressive as it is liberating.

As an observer, I react to the realities of Israeli life with both envy and relief. Nobody wants to live under the threat of constant attack from enemies right next door, under ceaseless and often unfair international scrutiny, defending his homeland by day and living with the memories of mass genocide at night.

Then, girls have to deal with a degree of unfair scrutiny about their life outside sports. If we have good hair or look good, we are called glamorous and it is presumed that we are not focused on sports. Nowadays, even the sportsmen are glamorous, good-looking, but they never face such scrutiny.

I recognize I have faults. I'm accountable for them, and I try to do what I can to correct them. I will say that it's unfortunate that everything I do is scrutinized to the point that it is. Frankly, I don't watch the news, I stay away from political conversations.

When you start to question you are part of the problem.

Anybody in the spotlight can get lost in that if they are not careful.

I know I'll be under a spotlight, I know I'll be under the microscope.

In general, the spotlight has been on me.

The lifestyle I lead as a footballer means I am always in the spotlight.

But I think, if you're in the spotlight, people are going to say bad things, and that's just the way it is.

A lot of kids my age can make a lot of mistakes, but college athletes that are in the spotlight, you have to grow up so much faster than regular students or regular kids your age because you are a public figure, so you get one shot, sometimes two.

People have to be sensitive to - I hate using the word 'celebrities' - people in the spotlight. Because there's so much more than what you see on the cover of a magazine.

When you do things wrong, even a couple of mistakes, the press has the right to criticise. Much more so when you're a goalkeeper - who remain in the spotlight forever.

Being in the public eye and basically growing up in the spotlight, we are always responsible for our actions.

For better or worse, when you're running for mayor, there's a little bit of a spotlight on you.

It's the off-the-court spotlight in terms of having people look at you in terms of analyzing every little thing you do in your life, or having less privacy in your day-to-day activities, that's an area I need to get more accustomed to.

When you're in the spotlight, people want to dissect you and then put you back together the way they want you.

I'm just a person that played a game in the spotlight.

Being under the political spotlight is far different than anything I'd experienced before. Every word is a critical word. Sometimes you really aren't allowed to get your full thought out. A lot of it is about having a 30-second sound bite.

Growing up in any sort of spotlight is difficult. Everything is magnified.

It's never really fun to be in the public spotlight.

One wrong move by a star kid and it immediately comes under the spotlight - even blown out of proportion, at times.

At Arsenal and the so-called big clubs, you always know that there will be a bigger spotlight on every single position.

To be straight, if I play and don't bowl 90 miles an hour it's going to be news. If I don't bowl 90 miles per hour for long enough it's going to be news. If I don't put my left sock on first, it's going to be news. I understand that is the scrutiny of playing at this level and being in that spotlight.