Quotes About Expectations

Some of these parents in the basketball world want to be paid for their kids and want to be given this and given that. That's not what this is supposed to be. This is supposed to be about getting rewarded off of your hard work.

I always hate it when I see the wrong person in massive roles, so for me, my biggest fear would be accepting a role I thought I wouldn't find the rhythm of.

My mother was against me being an artist. She just wanted me to marry a rich man.

Coming out of high school, Ricky Town was the dude. He was going to SC; I was going to UCLA. He was No. 1 in the country; I was No. 2.

I would say I am one of those guys who teams are looking for a reason to get rid of most of the time.

People have this fantasy that it's all just an easy ride if you know someone important. Well, it's not. I've known lots of people in this business - and it hasn't really done anything for me.

I felt like I had to be, you know, perfect, which is ridiculous. Nobody's perfect.

I've been interested in acting since the age of 10. But as you grow up, when someone asks you what you want to become, you learn to answer it with a 'doctor/ engineer/astronaut' and your real dream of wanting to be an actor starts sounding ridiculous even to yourself.

I started writing serious books so late because I knew I'd be accused of riding on my father's coattails.

The crowd also sets you up for success. When you're playing in front of 8,000 the pressure is on, right? People are watching.

I know a lot of actors have all these expectations and believe that one thing should lead to another thing, and that's probably the right way to build a career. I don't know what's wrong with me - I just don't think like that!

I think when I start thinking about results, I stop playing the right way because I start getting too nervous.

If I did a show and didn't do Hootie songs, I would be ripping people off.

With every film, the pressure is on the rise for the next.

I have always been able to rise above the expectations.

We live in an era of revolution, the revolution of rising expectations.

A lot of people say now, 'John Cena doesn't work.' Well, John Cena does the things that people go to see John Cena do, and he doesn't take a lot of risks.

I don't think I would live very long if I was a rock star.

When you're dating a rock star, it's not about commitment and marriage.

It's nice if I am called a role model, because I never thought that I would be a role model for anyone else.

Not every artist is a role model.

I can't be a role model. I just can't be.

It's weird to hear anyone call me a role model.

Parents will often thank me for being a good role model for their kids or tell me, 'You'll never understand how much you mean to my daughter,' so then I feel I don't want to let down the parents, either.