Quotes About Expectations

Everybody was pressuring me to play basketball, so I was like, 'OK, I'll do it.'

I do have a son. He's out of school now. He never played football. And it had nothing to do with me. I was actually crushed that he didn't play football. I thought, 'Oh my God, this is awful.' My brothers all played football. My dad played football.

When you have to play football, you do it in the knowledge that there's a lot riding on the match, be it money, your team-mates, or the feelings of the fans.

Of course, when you play football yourself you can think you want to become a manager but it does not make you a good manager.

I went to Madrid to play football but I couldn't because I was never left in peace.

I would have liked to behave badly, to play football. I loved sport. But all my family were working for me to succeed.

People think I can really play golf, but it's actually been almost an albatross for me. I really struggle not only to break 80, but sometimes to break 90.

If a player's not doing the things he should, put him on the bench. He'll come around.

The biggest problem is when a player asks a captain why he is not playing but does not want an honest answer.

I grew up with my parents always listening to rock music. My dad wanted me to play guitar, but I always had more of an ear for drums. He really wanted me to be a guitar player, like him.

When Misha Cirkunov started his UFC career a perfect 4-0, I really thought he'd be a legit player at 205.

It annoys me a little when people try to be positive when I don't play my best. I play to win. I'm like that. I'm like any other player. I'm never happy.

Sometimes players can have some ups-and-downs after they have done well and then lose a few matches in a row.

In Kansas City, most of the time, if we'd have made it to the playoffs, we would have been happy. But our team wasn't that good.

During the playoffs, some players have more second-guessing and outright doubt to deal with than others.

People judge you by the way you play in the playoffs.

In the playoffs, the best players are supposed to play better. I did. It made no difference.

When you're with a team and you're comfortable there, everything seems O.K. You play a lot of minutes. You make the playoffs. You don't miss practice - all of that stuff. So when you leave for the summer, you're like, 'See you next year!' You expect maybe some changes, but nothing involving you.

You don't talk playoffs a few weeks before training camp.

Playing pretty big minutes in the playoffs and having career games in the playoffs is something you dream of as a kid but never really think will happen.

I thought the playing time I was getting during the season was getting me ready for the playoffs. When it didn't happen and Coach Riley never told me why, I thought, 'Maybe I'm just being used as a pawn in the game.'

I think you win one game in the playoffs and then you don't go any further than that, it's obviously good but it's not like something that you're like, 'Yeah!'

They pay me the big bucks to make the big plays.

Prada is extremely directed in terms of communicating what they like and what they don't like. That is actually extremely pleasant because it clarifies very easily what you can do and what you need to do.