Quotes About Expectations

It's not essential for me to have a big debut week; it's not essential for me to have big radio records.

After winning so many debut awards, I never thought I would win for 'Ishaqzaade.'

When I made my IPL debut, I was nervous because there were people around me, and the cameras focused on me.

I do not think I felt the pressure on my debut show.

At 49, you want people to think you are at least a decade younger, not a year older.

If you'd asked me when I was 18 if I'd be happy being in the top 100 male players for 10 years, I'd have taken that like a shot. As it turned out I was top five for a decade.

You can spend the rest of your life trying to figure out what other people expect from you, or you can make a decision to let that all go.

We live in a world and a profession where you win a game, you lose the next one and you're deemed a failure.

You know, often films that are deemed positive, nobody wants to see them.

Deep down inside, I do feel, at times, that I have to prove to people that I'm actually an artist.

A couple of defeats, and you are gone - that's the danger of World Cups.

Not having a great relationship with my brother Aaron, or what people think that relationship should be, didn't define me.

Everyone wants you to define your life until the end of your life.

Every day, we read about athletes who let their sport define them.

I think expectations are sometimes dangerous things. I think the only thing you can be sure of is that it won't go to plan. I think that's the only thing that's definite.

I hate to lull the audience into letting them think that something is something. It's always fun to defy expectations.

Women throughout history have had to defy rigid conventions about what is and is not expected of them.

I like showing people I can do something they wouldn't have pegged me as being able to do. I've always wanted to defy expectations.

I actually think to some degree that people are down for longer shows with an acoustic show.

If you are known to do something well, people want to see you do that. But what you choose to do is up to you. After 'Delhi Belly,' I got some 40 scripts - some on the same lines as 'Delhi Belly.' So, I guess people only get stereotyped if they want to.

Quality that significantly exceeds the customer's expectations doesn't seem to pay off. This 'delight the customer' stuff isn't rewarding. One has to be careful about delighting customers too often, because it sort of reshapes customer expectations.

The pressure is always there to do my best. I feel happy that I have an audience that looks forward to my next project. I have to make sure that I deliver.

With independent music, I can do what I feel satisfied with, and not feel the pressure of what others expect me to deliver.

Mourinho was always very strong for his players, and you needed to deliver for him. For me, it was good.