Sam Allardyce Quotes

Perfectionism rarely begets perfection, or satisfaction - only disappointment.

I had such high expectations of myself. I was going to be the best mother, the best housewife, the best entertainer, the best nurse, you know - what it was, I was going to be the best. And I could never live up to my expectations.

You can't have a perfect show every time.

Right through to the end of the last World Cup game, I still couldn't bear the thought of not being perfect or letting people down.

Nothing seems to come up to your expectations. But nothing I had heard about Hollywood was enough.

Satisfying every vision that fans have is probably impossible.

When all of your wishes are granted, many of your dreams will be destroyed.

I think, as most of us do, I put such high expectations on myself that this spills over onto other people. And not everyone is wired this way. Some people can shrug expectations off their shoulders like a cardigan, remaining cool and breezy. Others wear them like a parka with a stuck zipper, hot and stifling.

You know, nothing is ever happily-ever-after. Ever.

Only way you can you get upset is when you expecting something.

I think it's a problem when something's a dream because it'll never live up to your expectations. It's better to go somewhere thinking it'll be horrible, and then be pleasantly surprised.

I fear that the public at home expect too prompt results.

Failure was built into it by an extraordinary of exaggerated expectations.

High expectations produce high frustrations.

I'm very hard on myself. Sometimes too hard on myself. When I lost in the Wimbledon finals, I was so sad, I cried. I had the runner-up trophy! It's still a great accomplishment, but I was so mad.

I really do think that putting expectations on a holiday is setting yourself up for failure.

When you want too much, you don't usually achieve much.

My dad was very critical and had very high expectations without a lot of the details filled in. It was, 'I expect you to achieve greatness in grades, in athletics, in whatever you do.'

With any success, there will always be a little bit of a negative.

I looked up at my mom, and I was like, 'Well, Mom, uh, when you really think about it, C's aren't really that bad. C's are average.' And I've never seen my mom so upset, to this day. I just saw this flash of fire in her eyes, and she yelled, 'Average? You are never allowed to be average, because you look like me.'

It's always disappointing when your work is not received as you hope it would be.

I think, often, people who run away are people who got into things most enthusiastically, and then they want more. They just demand more of life than what is happening in the moment. Sometimes this is a great mistake, as it's always a good deal different than you expect it.

I was very dramatic - very, like, 'It's never going to happen. My life is over at 16 because I'm not already famous. I'm not going to get my record deal. I'm not going to be able to sing for a living.'

Food lovers tend to make life difficult for themselves on their travels. It's like travelling first class, if your expectations are so high, you're bound to be disappointed.

You can work for 10 years without making it... we aren't actually all living in mansions.