Quotes About Expectations

I wasn't thinking that I was going to go through my career undefeated. You expect to lose sometimes.

When the Heat were put together, there was talk of going undefeated. They didn't get off to a great start, but they found a way to win back-to-back championships.

I know we're not going undefeated. I know I'm not going to throw a touchdown every game.

The 49ers drafted me assuming I wanted to play more than one year. At the time, I did, too. Things changed. They didn't deserve to be undercut. And I didn't want that to happen.

It's always fun to be the underdog and surprise people. It certainly puts less pressure on you.

It's better to be the underdog than have all the pressure, for sure.

I love the idea of being the underdog, coming in with a take on this underdog character and completely blow people's expectations away. Like, 'Oh, you thought he was going to be a wimpy character? No no no.'

If ever I am the underdog I seem to play well and whenever I am the favourite I put too much pressure on myself.

Look, when we go as favourites, then it's a problem, but if we go as underdogs then other teams feel the danger, so I think being underdogs is good for us and eases the pressure.

I'm used to playing the underdog role and the favorite.

Players can underestimate the Premier League.

It's too easy to underestimate your audience. But it's not rocket science: bad plays don't get people on seats; good plays do.

There were times I was underestimated a lot. It gave me a unique benefit. The expectations were so low I could blow their head off.

I would say that engineering has been a very positive experience overall, but usually coming into the situation it would be one of being underestimated. People would actually have low expectations. But I would take advantage of it quite honestly, because I would take my time to underestimate the situation.

When I booked 'Orange,' I thought things were going to change a little bit, and I'd be a little more busy, but obviously I underestimated it. I don't think anyone knew that my character would be taken to so well.

I think I underestimated the way people bracket you.

The good thing about people underestimating models is that the bar is set so low, you tend to impress people more easily.

Underestimating grades has serious consequences for a student's choice of university, and their future.

It's easy to say that he/she is a star kid and has had it easy in Bollywood, but being a star kid is the real pressure. You have to undergo a lot of pressure, as you are being constantly compared to your parents.

It's a scary, exhilarating thing to have your work adapted by someone else. There are so many ways it can go wrong or be a poor example of the underlying story.

It is possible to set your standards too high, which can undermine a man's confidence and ability to perform. Instead of reaching for the stars and settling for the moon, there is considerable evidence that man is better served reaching for a blade of grass and settling for an under-the-table handshake deal.

Mother set impossibly high standards for us, creating tremendous pressures and undermining our ability to accomplish whatever modest aims we may have set for ourselves.

I definitely have a little attraction to bad guys, but they have to be sweethearts underneath. After all, I like to be treated well.

You're only as good as your last joke, your last show, your last whatever. The confidence is there, but underneath, there is always insecurity.