Quotes About Expectations

Being the face of the franchise, everyone is watching you. You have to be able to lead other men. It's a lot of responsibility.

After I beat Frank Camacho, I got ranked. I believe I was ranked No. 15 or 14. So I thought I was going to fight somebody above me, but I didn't. I kept fighting people behind me.

I know I'm not going to sing like Aretha Franklin or Elvis Presley or any of those people.

I was told all my life to sing like Aretha Franklin, or Adele, cover myself with black clothing and show more soul, sing bigger.

I don't expect everyone to agree with me. Frankly, I'd be shocked if they did.

Artists are expected to fit into fraudulent categories.

In some ways, trying to win cups is more fraught than trying to win the league, as one really bad night and everything comes crashing down.

I've always been an A or B student. When I get a B, I freak out a little bit!

Don't feel bad if you never 'get famous.' Don't freak out if you have less than 300 Twitter followers.

I don't really think of records beforehand. I don't want them to freak me out.

It's kind of tough as you're playing you kind of wonder what is going to happen to you as you go through arbitration or as you go through free agency.

I could have gone the route of the Jonas Brothers. Those guys can't live their lives freely. They have to put out this image that's totally fake.

There's a lot of pressure to make products better. I don't feel freer.

After I debuted, I was frequently asked why I get nervous so much.

It's not easy for a freshman, especially not at Duke.

Any kid in my position coming from being an All-American and all that wants to be the guy that makes all the plays coming into their freshman year.

We all have friends and family who see one path for us, and we go a different path, and it's not necessarily what they would have wanted.

I despise shows that present friendship where you're always there for each other and really strong because I don't know anyone like that. I mean, I've got great friends, but I can go months without seeing them because I think, 'I just can't deal with having to give you anything.'

No one works with an actor or a director for friendship.

I lost many friendships because of my wealth. When my friends met me, they had an agenda in mind. Just because I had money, they expected one thing or the other from me, which they didn't before.

People are entitled to their friendships, and we're all entitled to be disappointed by our friends when they disappoint us.

I think all actors get scared because we're frightened to disappoint.

When I left home at 17, I became successful astronomically fast. But I think my parents were so frightened of me failing that they focused on that more than my success.

When you go on an audition it's very frightening.