Kathryn Harrison Quotes

The eyes of the world are on you.

Well, being that, at the house and being in the competition, it was very hard to be with family. We couldn't have visitors out of respect for everyone else there. But, being the American Idol, the focus would have been on me.

Being prime minister is a lonely job... you cannot lead from the crowd.

Sometimes being famous gets in the way of doing what you want to do.

The public scrutiny element they don't teach you in film school. So few people are ever subjected to it.

I found fame to be somewhat of a prison. The more famous you were, the smaller the cell that you had to live in.

Everything I do is always scrutinised. But that's all I'll say about that.

Being big and famous doesn't get you more freedom, it gets you less.

Leaders often find themselves temporarily alone.

There are just some things about being president that are difficult.

Being manager means living in the middle of the media attention, through praise and critics. This is something I live with. It's intense and very demanding.

Being chief selector has been the most challenging role of my cricket career, as I was heavily criticised for my decisions, and I couldn't respond much.

Unfortunately, the manager is always the one who gets under pressure the most.

Being a fighter is no joke. Year in and year out. Especially as a world champion. All eyes are on you, and you can't go where you want, eat what you want.

It's the life of the manager: when you make a decision, and the team doesn't win, the pressure comes. But that's part of the life of a manager and footballers as well.

When you are captain at the same time, that's when it gets difficult and when your own game starts to decay because you have other worries and pressures.

When you're the boss, you have no one else to turn to.

I know everything I do is going to be magnified.

When you get the armband, everyone looks to you to lead, and when things go wrong, then you get criticised the most, and I need to take that on the chin.

Pressure, responsibility - I'm used to playing in big clubs.

I'm aware of the fact that people that are watching to see what I do next - It's challenging to make the best decisions, and I don't always get it right.

Learning on the job as England captain is hard.

There's so many moving pieces, but to be as public as I've become and to be at the front and take the brunt of anything that happens is a huge responsibility, but also something that takes some time to step into and that has been really challenging.

The work of a Prime Minister is the loneliest job in the world.

If you lead a public life, people are much more on to you than you think.