Barry Bonds Quotes

Well, I think that those of us in public life that are trying to do a good job, and that are faced with this popular new game that the media has of being critical of everything that anybody in public office does probably are thin-skinned.

I'm the antidote to Lindsay Lohan. I know she misbehaves terribly, but sometimes it just seems like it's open season on her.

I have been accused of many crimes. A TV channel even put up a show called 'Sins of Asin!'

Everything Neymar does turns into news. If he gets emotional, they criticise. If he colours his hair, they criticise.

The problems come when your personal life and relationships come under scrutiny in the press and often very uncomplimentary things are printed about you.

Sometimes I think they should set up an asylum for people like that... a whole slew of paparazzi defending their positions.

It's not fair to judge my whole career by a rehash on Iran. How would you like it if I judged your career by those seven minutes when you walked off the set in New York?

I am reading it [his press coverage] more and enjoying it less.

There's been almost a dozen films that have been made against me. There's actually more films made attacking me than films I've made.

I don't get bothered by the media. There is nothing in the media that makes me lose any sleep at night.

People are very curious and have written a lot of things about me. Right or not. I never comment on those things, because it's not much of my thing to comment on everything that's written about me.

People don't know what goes on in my private life, so they have to make conjecture from something that is photographed.

You have two years to make a record and do what you like to it; then, you have 10 minutes to do an interview that could mess it all up. It's the Crispian Mills Syndrome.

It's interesting how much people long to fill in the gaps when someone in the public eye doesn't share their personal life. I understand their frustration.

The first time I ever experienced someone hating something I did on television was on 'Boy Meets World.' I remember these kids coming up to me and calling me a 'home-wrecker,' and so I had flashes of that going into my role on 'Mad Men.'

You give a press conference, and they'll pick one word, they'll pick two words. The media is still out to write what they want to write.

The backstabbing, the clawing, it's always there. It definitely comes up more when you're on TV a little more often.

Mr. Trump is primarily a television personality. As such, he is judged by that standard. This means that a scandal does not call forth a response; it calls forth the desire for a bigger scandal.

I feel as though I'm constantly defending myself. I'm up against challengers from the ballroom world, from the dance world, people on the couch who hate what I'm saying about their favourite celebrity. Then you're up against the press, who will always want to put you in a box.

I've been very transparent with reporters, but they only want to print mean stuff.

I made my debut in 2006 and absolutely, there was the pressure of the cricket, but there was no social media. There was no direct feedback to your phone. If you wanted to, you could avoid it.

The fact that many journalists approach the Clintons - especially Hillary Clinton - with a presumption that she has done something that if it's not outright corrupt is at least worthy of looking into, inevitably colors the way the public views the former secretary of state, and the way they respond to her in the polls.

I have been maligned as taking advantage of others' hardship in order to make a buck. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Sometimes it can feel like my bad days in Test cricket get amplified or singled out more than other players, while my good ones can fly under the radar. I'm not making excuses but over time this can get to you a little bit.

I love how me deciding to not continue doing 'LA Ink' turns into being 'cancelled.'