Valentina Shevchenko Quotes

My parents were amazing and wonderful, but there was a lot of pressure to do my best and in every way possible.

I'm not normally content with what I do unless I win.

I want to win at everything. I usually don't like things that I'm not good at, but it doesn't mean I don't want to win at them.

When I was younger, my dad did want me to be perfect, so that's probably why that's installed in me to this day. I want to be perfect at whatever I do. I can't help it. It's just installed in me.

I put the most pressure on myself. I'm not normally content with what I do unless I win.

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.

My mother was a high-strung perfectionist. She would check my homework for the slightest imperfection and demand that it be redone if she detected any flaws, which she invariably did. My father, in contrast, was easy going and affable and delighted in helping me with any project.

I remember when I wanted every pitch to be a strike.

I think my expectations for myself are much more severe and much more direct. You can't work on a film for six years without being your own toughest critic. So you can't really be distracted by the expectations based on your previous performance.

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.'

I always had pressure on myself through my life. I put pressure on myself and not from other people. I always wanted to be one of the hottest rappers. So the pressure comes from myself.

It's honestly just pressure that I put on myself when I'm working. It's just how I operate.

I do, I put so much pressure on myself whether it's in the gym, whether it be in wrestling, whatever goals I have.

I'm such a perfectionist and I want to do everything right, kick every goal, do everything perfectly, but that is not reality.

People expect star kids to be perfect - horse-riding, fighting.

Inside me there are two people. One is a very aggressive - I want to win; I won the Premier League, but now I want to win on Saturday. I want to win next season - and is never satisfied.

I always feel I need to do well regardless of the level of the band.

My dad brought me up not to accept second place. I lost a karate tournament once and got a trophy for fourth place. My dad tossed that trophy out the window on the way home.

I've always been a guy to put pressure on myself.

I don't think there's anybody that puts more pressure on himself than I do.

When it comes to United, if you don't win everything, it's not good enough.

I put a lot of pressure on myself to be the best.

I'm a perfectionist. I'm very critical, especially artistically.

I'm not fun to bowl with. I take it way too seriously. I have high expectations for myself.

Women innately have this weird thing where they try to have a perfect persona - to look perfect, be perfect, act perfect, have their kids look a certain way. Women put so much pressure on themselves.