Kaka Quotes

One day you are a hero, the next day, media and people put you down if you are not giving your best.

When we did 'The Office,' no one knew who we were, so it was easy to champion us; you could own us. Once you become successful, people don't have that any more, so it becomes more polarised. Some people want to champion you, and others want to slag you off. It doesn't concern me.

I don't really think about the critics or the commercial success.

When you win, everything is everything. But when you lose, it's all about Allen Iverson and Larry Brown. When we win, I know that I get the praise and Larry Brown gets the praise, but when we lose, it's on me and Larry Brown. That's something that I have to learn to accept and deal with.

I've had lots of commercial success. I've also had some terrible reviews and some wonderful reviews.

If you live for fame, men may turn against you.

If we're a hit, let 'em say anything they want.

Most people know no other way of judging men's worth but by the vogue they are in, or the fortunes they have met with.

I realized some of the pitfalls of being well-known; it was nice if you were successful, but it made it just that much harder to take when you failed.

That freaks me out more than anything, the repercussions of success in this industry.

I've been talked about by a lot better people than the general public.

I really can't make no wrong moves out here, because just as quick as you can get people to love you, you can get people to hate you.

When you go 18 games unbeaten people will say 'wow he's really good' but when you make mistakes they will point the finger at the back four.

You're always as good as your last movie and that's the same with politics. If you are successful with a certain policy, then you're hot; if you're successful with the economy, or bringing down the unemployment rate, then you're hot. But if you're not successful, then things go south very quickly.

Never be afraid of the world's censure; it's praise is much more to be dreaded.

When your name is on the marquee, you either get the glory or you get the hits.

In football you always get judged on your last game. Whoever you are, or how amazing you are, it's the last game that everyone has seen.

I think I have just always had an awareness that when you go to a premiere and people start cheering and shouting your name and stuff, they are shouting at a perception of you that they have.

You are damned and praised, or encouraged or discouraged by those who listen to you, and those who come to applaud you. And to me, those people are very important.

Becoming famous and selling a lot of records doesn't change a thing.

I am perfectly happy to believe that nobody likes us but the public.

Know that the amount of criticism you receive may correlate somewhat to the amount of publicity you receive.

Fame has also this great drawback, that if we pursue it, we must direct our lives so as to please the fancy of men.

Reputation runs behind the current state of affairs.

When your results are good, you are obviously going to have a lot of press. And when you start to falter a little bit, you are going to have some criticism, and there is nothing abnormal in that.