Mike Portnoy Quotes

I'm still a fanatical fan of Porto, and I always will be, but a footballer's career is short, and I have to make the most of all the opportunities that I get.

Fans always have an opinion of their own. We only try to live up to their expectations.

I never read reviews. I'm not interested. But I value a lot the reactions of the spectators.

I don't really think about the critics or the commercial success.

I didn't choose 'Silver Spoons'. I think my mom and agent chose it because at that time there was a lack of patience on some of the people that were in charge of my career. I think there was a big offer on the table, and I think they took it.

I think that the legitimacy of the court would be undermined in any case if the court made a decision based on its perception of public opinion.

Fandom can keep something alive, and fandom can take it down.

The idea of being in a television series is a wonderful one to be considered, but you want to make sure it's the right thing for you because if you are fortunate enough to have something go for a long term, you want to make sure that it's something that you really want to be spending a bulk of your time on.

You are always trying to please people before you get to the public whenever you do anything that requires a corporate body to sanction it.

If I'm trying to please every craze fan, then I can't. Of course, we all want to please the fans.

I have learned that I will not pay any attention to anything people say about my movies, because people say things that are all over the place.

When politicians try to govern by raising a wet finger to the wind or on the basis of public opinion polling, the public gets to think that all leaders are interchangeable.

I have never been governed by polls … people misunderstand economic development.

What our fans want, what our fans believe, what our fans are interested in is why we are what we are. But, nevertheless, ultimately we have to do the things that we believe are essential for the long-term health of the game, of the league, and of all of our franchises.

As long as people want to see me do this action and sci-fi stuff, it would be wrong of me to deny the fans what they want to see.

I don't want fans mad at me, so I gotta give them what they expect and what they want.

When does every fan like the manager?

No man can honestly sit there and say he doesn't care about what people think, doesn't care if he's got the support of the British public or British fans.

Wrestling fans dictate policy; they really do. What direction each wrestler takes usually revolves around what the fans think of them.

Economists have the same occupational hazard as baseball managers and football coaches: Every person on the street knows their job better than they do.

Without the fans, there is no Samoan Dynasty, there is no Triple H, there is none of us. So the fans are entitled to their opinion.

The fans pay our wages and I want to give back to the fans. I have been telling them for ages that I want big fights and they haven't believed me. They don't know the politics that go on behind the scenes through no fault of my own.

I think artists are interested in what people think of them.

I have never had problems with the fans.

You only have to go on a couple message boards to know what the fans want, and the fans want you to put it on the line and to entertain them.