Quotes About Expectations

I am one of those athletes who is very hard on myself.

A lot is expected from athletes but we need good coaches as well.

I've seen a lot of athletic juggernauts throughout high school, college, even the NFL who can't play the game.

I looked at my stats, and I was like, 'I'm too big and too athletic to average three rebounds a game.'

Some people are really, really attracted to looks first, or money, or things like that.

I still get attracted to people but having a relationship isn't fair on the other person.

I don't make movies because I think audiences will want to go see them.

I hate going into the audition room. I find it the most nerve-wracking, inhumane experience, and I think it's such an inhospitable environment to give an honest account of the character and, I guess, your ability.

Sometimes, you go into an audition, and sometimes you're just not on it completely 100 percent.

Anytime I audition for something, it's always a question of whether or not the people I'm auditioning for understand I'm an improviser and I like to do that, and if they like that or if they just want someone who's going to do what's written.

Auditions are hard. You should see what most of the women look like when I audition for things - they look like they should be on the catwalk.

Talking about auditions, you never know what anyone else is thinking.

What did I know about lawyering? I just thought it was another way to stay in Austin for another three years.

An Ashes series is huge for Australian cricketers - and English cricketers for that matter - and there's always that added pressure.

I should have been deliriously happy. I had my dream come true. I'm a best-selling author. So why is everything in my life, including my writing, going bad?

My parents were horrified when I told them I wanted to be an author.

Just because I could model didn't automatically mean I could act.

In London, I did feel a pressure to be more avant-garde than I wanted.

We've seen a lot of average college players turn into great NFL players. We've seen great college players turn into great NFL players. We've seen great college players turn into terrible NFL players.

Divorce doesn't fit my cookie-cutter image.

I don't think anyone ever gets married thinking that they'll get a divorce.

Nobody wants to talk about divorce, especially as a woman under 30.

I don't think anyone gets married thinking that they will get divorced.

I was going to be a doctor, but who makes it as a doctor anymore?