Quotes About Reputation

career (like Bill Russell being a lousy announcer or O.J. being a lousy ex-husband). Here's the killer excerpt: "The greatest struggle an athlete undergoes is the battle for our memories. It's gradual. It begins before you're aware that it's begun, and it ends with a terrible fall from grace. It really is a battle to the death.

It is easier to appear worthy of a position one does not hold, than of the office which one fills.

A gentleman would be ashamed should his deeds not match his words.

I would much rather have men ask why I have no statue than why I have one.

Somehow I wound up with the nickname 'Bitcoin Jesus,' so people expect me to know about everything everywhere.

It was a bit of a shock playing against Millwall. I knew the reputation of English football was tough, but my first thoughts when we started were, 'Wow, this is different to Denmark.' They kicked a little more and made crazy tackles, but I wasn't injured when I returned to Denmark, so I guess I did OK.

A downside to being a successful novelist? Wow - I can't imagine one.

WOW and Impact are both different brands, but Tessa Blanchard never changes. I'm the same Tessa Blanchard there as with Impact.

There's a wow factor associated with my name. It could be due to my work as well as my behaviour.

Every time I tell someone that I'm doing 'Spooks,' they're like, 'Wow!' That's a guaranteed reaction. It's such a high-end show, it's so sexy and slick and smooth.

One gets wrapped up in reacting to one's own reputation, which can be a kind of trap.

My whole reputation and creative thought as a novelist is really wrapped around Harry Bosch, so he's near and dear.

I could have been bigger, but I wasn't controversial enough. I didn't do drugs or wreck rooms. There were no dramas in my private life.

You want to earn respect in your old age. You want to walk into a restaurant and have people say: 'There's Mickey Rourke. He was great in 'The Wrestler.' You don't want them jumping out of windows.

I want my lasting legacy to be that I was a good wrestler but a better person. I want people to remember me as a good dude. I think that's very important.

I don't want people to think I'm a wrestler.

The more established you are, the less likely you are to do something ridiculous, which is one reason I'm proud to put out a wrestling album. If you stop and you go, 'Well, what if people don't like it?,' if you're already established in what you do, that'll strike fear into your heart.

I hope to build a reputation as a science-fiction writer. That's the pitch. We'll see.

As far as fame, the everlasting fame thing. I used to think that was important for a writer... the desire to make your mark.

I'm not one of those writers that sits worrying about posthumous fame.

I was very pleased, obviously, to have outsold such great writers. But I'm not insane - I do realize that I am a popular writer who people buy to take on vacation.

I'm always just surprised when someone writes something about me.

A novelist who writes nothing for 10 years finds his reputation rising. Because I keep on producing books they say there must be something wrong with this fellow.

You should see all the negative things that the Romanian press writes about me.