Quotes About Publicity

I don't know why sportswriters always have to write bad things about Joaquin Andujar.

It's certainly not just a spot opinion; it's something that obviously has been building up for years. It is also very good for publicity, and it is the kind of recognition that maybe will help financially, also.

I don't think I'd ever be able to give up the spotlight.

I'm not having to grow up in the spotlight as a 14- or 15-year-old.

Everyone for the most part is really nice. There have always been jokes, but that's part of being in the spotlight. You can't make everyone completely happy.

We grew up in an era where there was a lot of fear of HIV. Everybody worried about it and everybody took precautions, and everybody knew that it was a thing that was out there. As it slowed down, it left the spotlight, people forgot.

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.

I always loved the spotlight, just not the negativity.

If I am ever in the spotlight, I want to look good.

I've been in the spotlight since the day I was born.

In general, the spotlight has been on me.

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

Considering the fact that I have been in the spotlight more or less since I was 18, there is an aspect of normality to my public profile, which I have grown to live with. As much as I would like to disappear into the crowd, my work won't let me - difficult as it is for my family.

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

If you are in the spotlight, you have to get used to it.

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.

I have never hid my spiritual roots. They just weren't something that came under the spotlight.

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.

So few people are truly themselves when they're in the spotlight.

The difference is that with fame comes a spotlight, one which has recently made it impossible to ignore the fact that more and more of those folks we place on pedestals aren't even pausing to consider an option other than lying.

What I do for a living puts me in the spotlight.