Theo Epstein Quotes

I feel very strong as an individual, but as a famous footballer I know I am prone to certain things. All the media have a continuous interest for me. It varies from once a year to every day interest.

When I face the media, maybe I don't feel it now, here with you, because it's a different sort of interview, but when I face the media before or after the game, I feel it as part of the game.

When I arrived in prison, they locked the prison down that day because the media was all over the place.

Some other things I don't miss: the media and the pressure of just being asked to do, and being asked questions every day.

I tried to keep it secret, but the story got into the newspapers. It was more difficult for my family, who couldn't understand why the media wouldn't leave me in peace.

That's the thing with celebrities: the media can't ignore them.

I have refused to bend under the constant drumbeat and media attention.

Circumstances may require a dissolution of contracts founded on the most binding and sacred obligations…which dissolution ought not to be dependent on private will, but should require legislative interference; inasmuch as the republic is deeply interested in the private business of its citizens.

There is, however, one consolation to anyone who lives in the public eye, namely, that while it may be most difficult to keep the world from knowing where you dine and what you eat and what you wear, so much interest is focused on these somewhat unimportant things, that you are really left completely free to live your own inner life as you wish.

When you sign a contract you only think about staying for all of it, but that depends on many things.

I don't think it's a secret that I'm not a fan of all the attention and the media, stuff like that, but I understand it's part of it, and I have to do it.

Media wants to know everything. We are in this industry: we have to get used to it; we are still getting used to it. So I have no complaints. They are doing their job.

I don't really think about the fact that a lot of people are watching 'DSDS' or about the way I should phrase my sentences.

There is always scrutiny and pressure from the media. I am always told that I have to win.

We were under scrutiny when Stephen became rich and famous. The media were in the house, and camera leads were absolutely everywhere - it was just nightmarish.

When you're working in crisis situations, people have a tendency - particularly the media - to stake out your house.

When I first started playing, the only time you knew you would get photographed was if the paparazzi were outside a smart restaurant in town.

I was fighting a war on two fronts. I was fighting the best defenses in professional football and I was fighting the media. At that level you just cannot do that. You just cannot do it. I couldn't stop it, and I didn't try to stop it.

I am really surprised that what I am wearing on 'Countdown' has got into the papers.

Being in the public eye puts you in a fix, and people are always wanting to know what you are up to.

The Ebert thing just didn't work out. We just couldn't, like, come to an agreement. And 'Movieline', they obviously didn't want me, because they fired me.

I'm the daughter of the media.

When you sign a contract with a club like Barca, that's what you have to cope with. You have to show your face when you've lost games. I knew that when I came into the job.

I get asked about my weight endlessly. There is no story. It doesn't merit so much talk.

I saw a lot of people asking who am I dating. It's not that I ever wanted to hide it from anybody, but it's not something to be talked about.