Quotes About Expectations

I put the most pressure on myself. I'm so critical and I think that's a hard mentality to live with. You're not really satisfied with anything you do.

I was one of the main guys on my team and you always want to check people that you're bringing in. Are they tough enough physically and mentally? Can they respond when you need them to respond?

I think you can get so mentally beat by kind of working yourself up too much.

It's been so difficult to go from playing every game then get to the seniors and not be given a chance. It's really difficult mentally. There's only so long you just enjoy training with top players.

When I met Mourinho, I was still very young, but mentally and tactically, he worked on me. He was really demanding: you could not take a step below your level.

I used to struggle mentally in these preseason games because you know you're not going to be in there long.

Anytime that your name is up in a trade, I'm sure it can affect you mentally, and that obviously carries over to the court.

Since we were getting a lot of love from fans, that means we have to try to meet their expectations. This was mentally giving the members a very hard time.

I think one of the hardest things to do in the league is not having a great year, but it's having a better year when you had a great year. All the attention is going to be on you, all the pressure is going to be on you. The challenge you're going to have is more mentally than anything else.

Everybody told me to stay in Hollywood. This was the place they said I could have a big career. What they failed to mention was that no one would quite know what to do with me.

When the economies of emerging markets don't just grow but beat expectations, there's scarcely a mention.

I wanted Lillian Hellman to be perfect because I wasn't perfect myself. I really wanted a mentor.

I'm sure I was a great disappointment to many women because I wasn't Errol Flynn. But I'm me. I think that's got some merit.

Growing up, I felt like it was very dangerous to mess up in any way, both in front of men and in front of other girls. It was like you couldn't make mistakes. So having a female friend who's like, 'Get over yourself. You're driving me crazy!' - that's been one of my most important parts of becoming an adult.

That's the last thing I want to do is go on up there and mess up, you know, in front of America.

There's an expression: Great is the enemy of the good. Sometimes in trying to be great, you make a mess of things.

That can definitely mess with your music - if you overthink. 'What's radio going to think?' or 'What are these people going to think?'

You know, I've always tried to look at things as just what the part was. I never tried to worry about whether it was the lead or not the lead, because I think you can really mess your mind up when you're too caught up in those things.

I'm always thinking 'Don't mess this up.'

I am failing as a woman. I am failing as a feminist. To freely accept the feminist label would not be fair to good feminists. If I am, indeed, a feminist, I am a rather bad one. I am a mess of contradictions.

People want to see someone who looks like they might have this enviable life, but in turn, they are a mess and their life is a mess.

I've been to parties where I've seen guys mess up. They've been dying to bust out those crazy embroidered corduroys all year long, and it doesn't always fly.

You don't get a manager's job at a big club unless it is in a mess.

I don't need to be in New York. If you've had a bad game, they're booing you and all that mess.