Akhil Akkineni Quotes

Everyone's set the bar really high and expects me to be brilliant.

It's very easy when you have someone in front of you that you can chase. You want to be No. 1 but now I feel like I have to play well because everybody looks at you as a best golfer. So that's why I put more pressure on myself.

Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.

When I was young, it was difficult to imagine entering a world where my parents succeeded so much and I could have risked failing. It would have felt much harder.

I just feel like I have a lot to prove.

I remember winning the first time, you know, suddenly everybody expects, well, okay, now he should win every time he tees it up, win six tournaments.

There is such pressure on kids these days to be the best at everything.

I remember feeling enormous pressure because I didn't want to be Shirley Temple. Shirley Temple was Shirley Temple, and I didn't ever feel like I could live up to that.

I've always had a lot of pressure on myself, but I'm not going to lie, I feel a lot of pressure to give the fans everything they expect plus more.

When you start to have success, people look at you differently and expect more from you. With that comes a lot of pressure to perform, so it can be a little overwhelming.

I can feel this pressure of living up to the expectations of people. I hope I can fulfill it.

I know I've probably got a massive target on my back now, because everyone wants to be better, to beat me.

I've always had this crazy thought that I have to win something; otherwise, my career's a complete failure. It's ridiculous. Will a trophy change me as a person? No. Will it make me a better player? No. So what the hell am I worried about?

With high-profile jobs, comes pressure and competition.

There is no pressure at the top. The pressure is being second or third.

When everyone has high expectation for you, it can attack your insecurities.

For me, there's a lot of expectations and you want to be able to live up to them.

I definitely felt the pressure I wanted to live up to all of the expectations.

I look around at people who had success so early and then didn't know what to do with themselves.

I've been in a hurry all my life. I've been in a hurry to succeed, and in a hurry to prove myself.

Writing on assignment, with lots of money handed to you before you even began, got very scary for me. My dread of not being perfect, something I got from a childhood surrounded by powerful, successful people, began to infect everything I wrote.

Success can create more madness than happiness.

The one thing you can't do when you're highly ranked is relax.

My performance level has risen - and my anxiety-level has sky-rocketed.

I feel like, sometimes, people, because of the amount of media, because of the amount of attention, people seem to think I have to do things. Like, I have to win right now! But I don't feel like that.