Bella Hadid Quotes

I had such high expectations of myself. I was going to be the best mother, the best housewife, the best entertainer, the best nurse, you know - what it was, I was going to be the best. And I could never live up to my expectations.

Right through to the end of the last World Cup game, I still couldn't bear the thought of not being perfect or letting people down.

If I even lose my glasses or make a mistake. I become really disappointed in myself.

Pitching... sometimes I did so poorly, it brought me to tears.

In my own mind, I was sort of a desperate kid.

I'd read things, like people criticizing me. But no one likes to read stuff about that, and probably the main thing that was getting to me was me mum's illness.

I've always been anxious about 'Primer.' There's good things about it, but all I've seen for a long time is the flaws.

It sounds funny, but my biggest fear is that I'm not perfect. I'm a perfectionist, and I get upset when things go wrong or when I don't do well.

It's quite hard when you do fail and you don't achieve what you want to achieve.

It's a bit of a headache being a perfectionist. You're never satisfied.

Of course I don't think I have it made by any means. I'm too insecure, obsessive and paranoid for that.

What keeps me going is a constant sense of disappointment with what I've already done.

I want to be perfect. I don't want to fail. And you always fail.

I'm actually constantly a bit nervous because I never want to disappoint anyone, you know?

I don't watch my own films very often. I become so jittery and ready to cry... and miserable. I think it's awful.

I think I'm slightly OCD. I'll be desperate to get a part, but as soon as I do, the sense of pride wears off almost immediately, and fear of not doing a good job sets in. I'll think, 'This is a dream come true,' and then, 'It's not OK until I get a good review.'

I have a hard time sometimes watching my own work.

As cricketers we fail all the time. You score a hundred every now and again but you get out between nought and 20 far more often. If you get 50, you feel bad because you should have got a hundred. Even if you get a hundred, you feel you should have got 150. So you're always failing.

I'm such a perfectionist and I want to do everything right, kick every goal, do everything perfectly, but that is not reality.

I've always been very hard on myself, it's the way that works with me.

Ever since I can remember, over-expectation and pressure have been my worst enemies.

I'm very hard on myself. Sometimes too hard on myself. When I lost in the Wimbledon finals, I was so sad, I cried. I had the runner-up trophy! It's still a great accomplishment, but I was so mad.

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.

I hate getting things wrong and I hate failing.

I've always been like this - insecure - because I'm striving for something that can't be attained. I don't just want to be OK at this: I want to be the best at it, and I've never achieved that in my mind.