Quotes About Expectations

My father wanted me to become a doctor.

I was part of the generation that was supposed to become doctors.

It's weird writing for a documentary because I have all these ideas for what I want to happen, but what actually happens is obviously completely different.

Women love to be asked more about their clothes than their work. We're dolls; we made a wish to become alive.

I had some great experiences, but there were times when films didn't do well right, especially after 'Vicky Donor.'

I think you just have to give yourself a dose of reality. Things don't always work out the way you want them to in life.

You never plan on losing double-digit games in a season. You don't plan on losing any.

When a film doesn't do well, people start doubting you as an actor.

There is a downside to having one of the biggest-selling albums ever.

That's the downside of playing for one of the top teams: that no matter how well you play, sometimes you have to step aside.

I don't want to be that guy that thinks he is a high draft pick and that he has it all.

I'm happy to be here at the NBA Draft no matter where I go.

I didn't even care where I was drafted.

When I was drafted, I didn't know any better. I didn't think I had to hit for power.

When you are getting drafted you have an idealized situation, but you really don't know how things are going to go down.

We are now being paid for the sport we play which is a little different than college. So I think there's pressure on everyone in the NFL, not just myself being drafted and what it took to get there.

I got drafted in the first round of the NFL, that's pressure enough.

When I went to drama school, I thought that everybody would think I was only there because my dad was on TV.

I always thought that fans would always turn away from me whenever they find more attractive actresses or dramas.

I don't think we know who a lot of these athletes are. We think we do, but they're never allowed to be themselves. Because the minute they try, people are saying, What's wrong with him? Why is he drawing attention to himself?

The two things an actor dreads most are children and dogs.

The NFL was something I never really dreamed about, but when you get to this level, you realize how special this is. This league is about winning. It's a very competitive league. Sometimes you don't win as much as someone else thinks you should, and you're out.

When I was 14, I started playing for Taye Academy in the city of Owerri, and then my whole life became football. I dreamed of playing for certain clubs, or going places I'd never been before, but I just kept my ambitions to myself because I never really expected that I could get to these places.

It's very nerve-wracking dressing someone because you obviously do everything you can to get them to be interested in something you've done, and then you hear they're wearing it, and then, obviously, they're going to step out in it, and you want to know that it's all going to work and what everybody's going to say about it.