Quotes About Expectations

I can't anticipate what's going to happen to me next, but I'd like to think that I'm going to lead a life that's not really memoir-worthy, and that would be fine!

The anxiety I feel when I'm late is nothing like the anxiety I feel when I'm on time.

Unless you sell millions, I think it's very hard as a writer not to feel anxious about what you put out. I always feel I could do better.

I'm not built to be famous, I'm not a star. I'm not special, so being stared at makes me very anxious.

My reality is feeling anxious before fan events or signings because I always feel like I'm the least favoured.

No matter how angry people on the outside were when you don't perform well, a coach is 10 times what anyone else is feeling. Nothing digs at you more. But that's part of our business.

People often ask whether I consider myself successful. I don't yet, because there's so much more I want to accomplish. I put more pressure on myself than anyone else can.

I don't think anyone who I went to school with would have necessarily have been like, Oh, he's going to be an actor one day.' I am just as surprised as anyone else.

I always think I put more pressure on myself than I feel from anywhere else.

The dictum of the industry is such that I can't only do films that appeal to me.

As successful as it may appear I am, I don't really feel that. It's like, you know you've achieved some level of success, and you know what you've done, and yet you still feel you have more to do and more to prove.

When you're younger, you worry about so many things that you don't need to worry about, like image, appearance.

To reach the appearance total of Xavi is impossible, I'm not thinking about that.

Honestly, I feel like pressure is only applied when you feel pressure.

I've been blessed enough where all the rules that come with age don't apply to me. People were saying I was old at 32.

When I was approached to become national coach in 2020, I thought it was an honor and a challenge, but I was also aware of the pressure that would come upon me from the moment I was appointed.

I always seek people's approval and I'm always never good enough.

I thought I would be in a band like Arcade Fire or be like Fiona Apple - but pop just made sense to me.

My dad was not happy about my not becoming an architect like him.

They told me I'd never probably see the front-line area.

I have anxiety about coming into the arenas all the time.

I would argue there's not a lot of guys that has to do more than just catch the ball like me.

LCD live was set up to be an argument about what's wrong with bands and why bands should be better. I always thought that we were so obviously not a great band, comically not a great band. I was not a great front man.

At the end of the day, the Army is a standards-based organization.