Lily James Quotes

I have never gotten a B in my life. I would honestly be mortified if I got a B. I'm so academically driven.

I wasn't the kind of kid who would get A's without even trying. I had to work to get good grades, but I was very organised about it because I always wanted to do well at everything I did. I'm very competitive.

Whatever the course, whether the course was boring or interesting to me, whether I was talented in mathematics or not talented in languages, my parents expected A's.

There is no room for second place. There is only one place in my game and that is first place. I have finished second twice in my time at Green Bay and I never want to finish second again.

I'm the type of person, I have to study to get an A on the test.

A final is a final, and is motivation in itself.

My mum's always had big aspirations because I'm an academic. I always got good grades at school. GCSEs were just a breeze for me.

My parents are wonderful, practical, sensible people, and the expectation was that I would study something academic.

My parents had very high expectations. They expected me to get straight A's from the time I was in kindergarten.

I performed adequately at school, but in comparison to my older brother, who set the record for the highest cumulative average for our high school, my performance was decidedly mediocre.

I was a very good student. Procrastinating gives me anxiety, and getting a B really ticked me off. Sure, I didn't always want to do my homework, but I actually really liked school. As nerdy as it sounds, I love learning.

My high school was a private school where you went to an Ivy League. That's just what was expected of you and nothing less. So I grew up never being okay with a 'B' because a 'B' was not good enough.

My parents don't press it but, you know, they're into good grades.

I always have to bring back an all-A report card.

I crammed my exams in London and did fine.

Grade school, middle school and high school were relatively easy for me, and with little studying, I was an honor student every semester, graduating 5th in my high school class.

I was a good student when I was a kid, and I did everything I was supposed to do, and I got A's.

I was a D student in high school and on the dean's list in college.

I'm not gonna be bad at anything, and I want to actually be the best at anything I'm doing. So if I'm playing basketball, if I'm taking the SATs, like, there's a competitive spirit behind it. With production, it's the same thing.

I loved school, maybe too much, really. I was summa cum laude in high school. I was driven that way.

I am never worried that I'm not gonna get my work done. I was the kid who got straight As and was a little too intense in school. Like, I am a perfectionist, and I am going to sit at the front of the class with my hand raised.

I went to college when I was 27, and somehow, between high school and college, I became obsessed with getting A's. I can tell you exactly how many non-A's I had, and tell you honestly that I cried every time!

My worst nightmare when I was in school was that I would get into trouble. I never got in trouble. I was a good student.

I don't like to participate at anything and not finish first.

I've always been an A or B student. When I get a B, I freak out a little bit!