Quotes About Reputation

The Pixar name means more than any other name. It's very important to us to keep that name at a high level.

I see myself as a serious artist, but yeah, when people come to my shows, they want to hear 'What Was I Thinkin',' 'Drunk on a Plane,' and lots of up-tempo, fun songs.

I think you've got to have your feet planted firmly on the ground, especially in this business, and you must not believe things that are said or written about you, because everything gets out of proportion one way or the other.

My parents keep telling me to be thick-skinned in the industry. They tell me how people will put you up on a high platform and then bring you down. They also tell me to not believe in the image created by the hype.

I feel like my brand goes as I play football. If I turn into the greatest football player that I can be, I feel that my brand, how people look at me, is all going to be positive.

Judge me on how I play football, or judge me on when you meet me.

I don't think I've ever been a fashion item, I don't think I was as a player.

As players we have to be careful what we put out there and make sure everything we do is appropriate. And it is not always easy.

Joe Montana had bad games in the playoffs against the Giants and Chicago Bears; that doesn't stop us from considering him as possibly the best.

Now that people know who I am, I get offered plays here and there. It was so much easier to do it when nobody knew who I was. I can't even imagine that somebody would come and pay money just to come and see me now.

What happens is I speak to people outside of my circle of friends and they have already formed an opinion of me based on the things that people have written. That is the effect of journalism on my life, and sometimes it isn't very pleasant.

Please criticize me, but how can you accuse me of something like fixing a cricket game after all that the game has given me.

I've had journalists beg me to please say something negative about my estate.

Most of the time, I'm pleased that people don't recognize me. But I don't hate it when they do.

I'm flattered that so many baseball people think I'm a Hall of Famer. But what's hard to believe is how one-hundred and fifty plus people have changed their minds about me since I became eligible, because I haven't had a base hit since then.

People that lie to me generally get banished or vanished to the planet Pluto in my mind.

I'm known clean around the Earth.

I've never met a client who wants to be the worst.

You must look like a money person for clients to trust you.

I have always looked for growth, and in TV, you are as good as your last show. So I only care about my personal space, my family, and close friends.

Bayern is one of the biggest clubs in Europe.

To be respected as an actor it doesn't help to be seen out in the clubs.

I was always in my mind that for the top-six clubs in England my name was not big enough.

You can be a top, top player for 10, 20 years, then you become a coach, lose two or three games and you're out.