Giorgio Armani 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.

The press made me something I really wasn't and I tried to live up to what they made me.

Well, I don't think I've ever been a huge target for the press, and I value that to a degree, because there's a certain value for actors staying beneath the radar so they can play characters.

I've been very aware with the fact that being in the public eye, being on TV, being cast on 'Total Divas,' I'm setting myself out there for criticism, but I have to know in my heart, what I know is right.

Who's on my radar? I don't have a radar. I always look at myself as a top athlete. They come after me. I don't go after them because I'm where they want to be.

I don't get insecure and rush to sign movies just to be in the public view and news. That is not the way I am.

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

After 13 years, I couldn't accept to be number two.

I don't keep a press agent because I think people need to have a break from you.

I'm not a diva - not yet, anyway.

You'll sacrifice a lot of things in the early part of your career to be successful, but to be ahead of your competitors, you have to work hard.

I've never liked the press part of it (no offense), but it comes with the job.

I refrained from writing another one, thinking to myself: Never mind, I will prove that I am able to become a greater scientist than some of you, even without the title of doctor.

And I wasn't convinced that I was the most talented person in the world.

To build an empire - or win seven Tour de Frances in a row - you must have a Lone Star-size ego and a dash of megalomania.

The bigger you become of a celebrity, the bigger the expectations, the pressure on you - to make change, to say what people want, to target the people they want to target. Fame is toxic; it is quite toxic.

Most of the press is sent to my publicist so I do see most of what is written about me.

I always say that when I'm playing well, no one can beat me. I'm not just saying that to sound full of myself or anything, but it's true.

I would really love to work with Paul McCartney. Isn't that arrogant?

There are people out there who hate me and who say I'm arrogant, vain, and whatever. That's all part of my success. I am made to be the best.

I don't do things I can't win.

When I was young, I was the sweetheart of the press. They loved me but were kind of waiting for me to mess up. I had no skeletons in my closet, no major past to talk about.

Deep down, my ego always thought that I would outlast a lot of people that I was competing against.

Long ago, I had to sort of learn to have a thick skin to read some of the things you read in the papers and to also keep my ego in check when you read some really flattering things in the papers.

I'm letting competition drive me, and when competition drives me, I don't think anyone can compete with me.