Mario Gomez Quotes

If you ask any of the other actors, they'd probably say nice things because they're nice people, but I was always like, "Oh gosh, I hope I'm doing this right." I was very hard on myself, and I continue to be. That's why it's sometimes hard for me to digest watching myself on television. There is some pressure.

You're constantly trying to prove yourself, even after you've made it.

I just feel like I have a lot to prove.

I'm constantly doing new stuff, and I want it to be received really well. Who knows what's ego, what's business, what's artistic. It all shifts on a day-to-day basis.

Sometimes you don't play well or you don't score, and in those times, the pressure comes from all around you as well as from yourself.

You can't listen to the whole world tell you you're crazy, without wondering, 'Am I crazy?'

I have something to prove every year.

When you're not playing, you always question yourself.

If you're good, you're always looking over your shoulder.

There's probably a lot of people wondering if I can play.

I think after doing a few shows now, people are ready to put me down.

I have to prove myself five times over.

You're playing a game, whether it's Little League or Game 7 of the Word Series. It's impossible to do well unless you're having a good time. People talk about pressure. Yeah, there's pressure. But I just look at it as fun.

I never set out to do this; I never set out to say, 'Can I break this record?' Then all of a sudden, the preparations made for the celebration put pressure on me. I said, 'Okay, I have to get there.' After 2,130, there was sort of a realization it was a foregone conclusion you're going to play tomorrow.

Of course I have the odd bad game like other players. But I can't accept that. Especially when things don't go right for United. It all means so much to me to be succesful here. It drives me crazy at times.

Once you are labeled 'the best' you want to stay up there, and you can't do it by loafing around.

I'm not really sure if I have anything that inspires me.

All the time I feel I must justify my existence.

Making me into a role model is placing too much importance on what I see as a work in progress.

I don't know if I work in order to do something, or in order to know why I can't do what I want to do.

I used to think I had ambition... but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily confused.

I think I'm probably a little too desperate to be successful.

I don't think I'm old enough or experienced enough to give anyone any guidance. All I would like say is that as long as you're having fun, I think you're doing the right thing.

Every once in a while I think, 'What am I doing out here running, busting myself up? Life could be so much easier. The other guys are out having fun, doing other things, why not me?'

I never got caught up in playing for history, seeing how many majors I could win, or rewriting the record books. Those are selfish objectives, and the guy who chokes usually does so because he dwells on what it all means to him. I was only worried about my family. And although I had my share of failures, it was never because I choked.