Quotes About Expectations

I just don't think many people would have crossed the street to hear me doing a hip hop-influenced album!

I'd never ask an actor to do something I couldn't do - not that I'm the best actor in the world - but if I can do it, then I know that anyone I hire can do these things.

Sure, it does help you get into a room, but at the end of the day, you have to be able to deliver, and you have to be talented, because they're not going to hire me because my dad is David Cassidy, who was famous in the '70s.

I've never really hired anybody that people thought I should hire.

As people know in coaching, you can get fired and hired just like that.

I said it when I got hired. I said, for five years, I had a 1,000 people telling me I was going to be a head coach in the NBA. And when I got the job, those same 1,000 people were shocked.

I remember feeling guilty that I had a good childhood. I thought everybody who is famous has to have a desperate childhood and work his way out of it, but I had a great one.

If things don't go well, the manager is on his way because it's such a blow if you drop into the lower divisions.

If someone had told me in high school that one day I'd write an historical novel, I would have rolled my eyes.

A lot of my die-hard fans think I have a lot of hits, but I don't.

My hits are not hits.

I actually have heard of acts who only do their new album, and don't do their hits. I've never been in that mind set.

When I'm making songs, I never call them hits. I knew 'Bandz A Make Her Dance' was a good record, but I never knew it was gonna be a hit.

It's definitely good to have a hit from time to time, though not too often. If you have a few hits in a row, people start to think every film you make will be a hit, which is a big mistake.

When I came to England, everyone told me that I'd get the hits, so I was prepared for that.

I no longer feel the pressure of trying to write hits for the radio anymore.

When you don't get hits it's depressing.

We're not hitting on all cylinders, defensively. When we're playing good, I'll let you know.

You know, this game's not very much fun when you're only hitting .247.

For me, I'm not going to be hitting the ball out of the ballpark. I know that.

It doesn't matter what you're hitting - if you're not living up to your own expectations, then it's hard to have fun.

I do not want to be a player who is known for hitting those 20-odd runs.

Hold everybody accountable? Ridiculous!

I hold head coaches accountable.