Alex Iwobi Quotes

People are going to make comparisons and they can do that but I'm definitely not going to compare myself to Derek Jeter.

You can' t help being a musician because you've grown up with music, yet being one means being compared to your dad and being slated for it. But I really don't have the ambitions of most people going into the industry.

With whatever I do, there's always going to be hate. There's always going to be people who are going to say, 'He's not as good as his dad.'

When a man has written a role for you that you admire, the expectations are higher.

You know, people can't fall in love with me just because I'm good at what I do.

My aunt looked like Lucille Ball, and everything she touched was beautiful and elegant. But I was intelligent enough to understand I would never be like her.

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.

Both my parents were huge stars. I would never have attempted to become as big of stars as they were because they lived in a different era.

Maybe this is a way of gaslighting myself, but I think of it this way: In certain circles, my grandpa was considered to be one of the seminal directors of the 20th century. I'm never going to be that. So I might as well do whatever I want.

There have been some terrific player's names being bandied around that I am being compared to and that is great. I am just able, touch wood, to take it in my stride. That's how I am. I am not embarrassed or pressurised by it. It is just great and I want to do as well as they did.

I think some star kids have it even harder than outsiders, because the pressure is too much.

I'm very flattered because Margot Robbie is insanely beautiful, but it's always annoying to have people focusing on your looks as opposed to what you're actually doing on the job. But also, I'll take it. There are worse people to be compared to.

I had some moments in my career where I'd walk on the court, and I look around and feel, 'Oh, I'm the best one out here.' But then you go on another court, and you could be the worst player out there.

I've dealt every day of my life with my dad's career, the comparisons to him, with people wanting me to live up to him. I just put that stuff out of my head, I don't even hear it after awhile - I just turn my ears off.

Dale Jr. has never gotten a fair shake from the start because, guess what? He's not his father. He was always supposed to have been someone else. The pressure he's under is unreal.

I've been compared to so many people - Streisand, Celine - it doesn't bother me. Why worry about being compared to the best?

I wouldn't put myself on the same pedestal as Sarah Lancashire.

I think there are still better players than me.

To measure up to all that is demanded of him, a man must overestimate his capacities

Men throw huge shadows on the lawn, don't they? Then, all their lives, they try to run to fit the shadows. But the shadows are always longer.

Do you know what it's like going through life being better than everybody? It's hard.

Without false modetsy, I don't think I have a fraction of the talent of either Bevan of Foot.

I've never really thought of myself as having an ego. I've always found myself as having a lot of confidence. I know I have a lot of great ability. I know what I bring to the table.

One problem people have is that they lie to themselves. Rarely is talent enough. You have to find ways to make yourself standout. You do so by playing to your strengths and making people aware of those strengths.

If there's one thing I know, it's this - everybody thinks somebody else is having a better life.