Quotes About Expectations

I understand that, being born with a certain face, people want to see me in certain roles. But one needs to break that image by doing different kinds of films.

I'm living a very different life than the one I thought I'd be living.

Players live a different life. They've been blessed. They live in a bubble and they live in a world where they get everything really. They've become film stars.

It seems that different people have an idea of what I am, and what I should be. And then there's me.

You can lose who you are so easily when you're being so many things to so many different people.

Lovingly crafted and super-creative cupcakes are not exactly on tap in my household after a full day at work, and I do not blame my mother for a second that they were not on tap in hers, either.

I think, a lot of times when you meet someone, you feel like you need to appear like you're not interested in them so that they'll be more interested in you. But what happens when you start showing him that you actually like him? What's he gonna do then? Play the tape forward; how do you keep a guy like that? I don't want to sign up for that.

When you say 'R&B,' people's minds automatically go in a place. How about I just say, 'Here's a tape; you can check it out on iTunes. You tell me.'

Tardiness in literature can make me nervous.

I know I've probably got a massive target on my back now, because everyone wants to be better, to beat me.

The very first time a politician puts you in his target is sometimes a disappointment, because perhaps you thought you were friends and getting along well... But it is not something that you dwelled on. At least, I did not.

The only way to ensure that inflation expectations remain safely anchored near the FOMC's target is to keep inflation close to that target on a consistent basis.

I'm pretty critical of myself as far as reaching some sort of perfect bull's-eye or target that I'm aiming for.

107 caps isn't bad for someone who isn't 'a top, top player', is it? I never expected to get that amount of caps. When I made my debut, I set myself the personal target of trying to get 50 caps and score 10 goals if I could. So to have 107 is something I am really proud of, particularly being among those names.

Growing up in New Orleans as Archie Manning's son, I felt like a target, and I've always known that whatever I'd do, people would hear about it. So I've had my guard up, and maybe that's molded my personality.

I find it scary when people talk about me as a future leader. It's like putting a big target on your back.

It's always a good situation to have the target be on you because that means you have been playing well.

Being at NDSU and winning national championships, everyone's gunning for you. You got a big target on your back, and we had to be ready to go week in and week out. I think playing for a program like that, everyone's going to give you their best shot, and we embrace that.

For sure, I definitely feel like there's a target on my back.

The problem is that people have an idea of what a footballer should look like, how they should behave, what they should talk about. If you act a little differently you become a target. There is pressure to conform. This is very dangerous.

Once you are first in the East, one of the top teams in the league, you have a target on your back every night.

I'll never get to my target size or weight.

Sometimes I feel like the easiest target in sports.

Dad's very hard on me and is my biggest critic, so 10 is always going to be the target. He has said that my whole life. If you are averaging 10 goals as a midfielder, you are having a good season.