Aja Brown Quotes

The thing of it is though that's the only way people know you, they see you in that roll and they see you in person and they only know the perception of what you are.

What happens is I speak to people outside of my circle of friends and they have already formed an opinion of me based on the things that people have written. That is the effect of journalism on my life, and sometimes it isn't very pleasant.

No diss to any of my homies, but I pay very close attention to what people say about me.

I have a positive outlook, but when you're out in the public eye, you wonder how people see you.

People are surprised that I'm nice and it helps me out a little bit; it's easy to be nice when everyone thinks you're going to be a jerk but if people think you're a nice guy then it's tough because it's what they expect.

I've always been taught to care what other people think. My grandmother and mother taught me to project a positive image of myself.

The kind of person other people perceive you to be controls their responses to you.

Mostly you are what they think you are.

It’s not what you are that counts, it’s what they think you are.

A large part of my career is due to perception, what people think what I am or should be.

You know, as far as public perception goes, if you get seen with some people one time, everyone thinks you're in that group.

I just want people to know that I'm a good person, and I'm not a thug like everybody thinks I am.

There is a version of me people see. I don't think I play up to it, I think it's more other people put it out there. People see the football side of me, but I'm a different character away from it.

I don't want to be known as a guy who's gonna get decisions.

I don't know what people think of me.

I think it's very hard to shake what people first think of you straightaway.

As you get a lot of exposure, a lot of people looking at you, you have to take it more so how you carry yourself, how people view you. You have to worry about your image.

I don't want people to think I'm a wrestler.

Off the court, I think people will like me.

I think people can be quick to judge. The people that know me, they know what I am like.

Sometimes you can have a reputation for not being relatable and nice because you had a bad day once.

Let's say for instance people say, "He's a really totalitarian, strict guy, he's hard to work with or whatever." I don't think it's true, but people's perception of me leads that direction, like I'm a fundamentalist person. I end up having to spend extra time saying, "I'm not a fundamentalist." I have other stuff to do.

The world sees only the reflection of merit; therefore when you come to know a really great man intimately, you may as often find him above as below his reputation.

Different people describe me in a different ways. Some describe me as the living Buddha. Nonsense. Some describe me as 'God-king.' Nonsense. Some consider me as a demon or a wolf in Buddhist robes. That also, I think nonsense.

Popularity means people think they know you.