Quotes About Expectations

I don't think I'm ever surprised at how high the quarterbacks go. There could be a lot of teams that often times don't have a lot of first-round grades on guys that are going in the first round, and that's just the nature of the business.

I'm pretty much a .500 quarterback in my career so far and I don't think that's where you want to be, and that's not why you are brought in or people or excited about you.

Call me a quarterback, not a running quarterback.

I never intended to be a running quarterback.

Quarterback is the most scrutinized and publicized position in sports.

Why does everyone always assume the quarterback is the leader?

When you play quarterback in the NFL, you're going to get scrutinized.

When things aren't going as well as you might like them to be, it's always a question as to whether my personality... fits what an NFL quarterback should be. It's not anything I'm not used to.

I'm not the first quarterback to have an off game. I won't be the last.

There's high expectations for Cowboys. There's been some great quarterbacks who have come through that organization.

There are some sacrifices you have to make being a quarterback in the National Football League.

Playing quarterback you're always going to get booed - eventually.

The main character is always, you know, this blond-haired, blue-eyed guy who's the high school quarterback or the star of the basketball team. That's all I wanted to be, really, truly. I definitely was not that.

Quarterback in the NFL is a public position.

Being queen is overrated.

Ever since Sushmita Sen and Aishwarya Rai made headlines, every other girl in India wants to be a beauty queen. I was no exception.

Being a small boy it's very daunting seeing the Queen around and not really quite knowing what to talk about.

I'm not a party animal; I took my job as Miss USA very seriously... Sometimes, of course, I want to let it all go. Even though I'm a beauty queen, you're also an unofficial ambassador, and there's a lot of pressure.

A lot of people like to ask me, 'Ali, how on earth do you balance family and career?' Men never get asked that question. Because they don't.

I've been asked this question so many times, do you feel you need to write a book for adults? No, I don't need to write a book for adults.

Almost all the ideas we have about being a man or being a woman are so burdened with pain, anxiety, fear and self-doubt. For many of us, the confusion around this question is excruciating.

Some people have questioned whether or not I can play a nice guy. Sometimes you can't win for losing.

For a lot of children of immigrants, what happens is your parents want you to do something very linear that they can understand. I had an aptitude in sciences and never really questioned it.

It is more difficult to make film which does not have a big name. People start questioning the cast and the budget.