Marc-Andre ter Stegen Quotes

No one could have ever prepared me for the whole world judging me and comparing me to other artists.

In print, people can do anything to you. Everything you do is picked apart. People love it; they're waiting for you to make a mistake.

If you have lost matches and not played to potential, criticism will come your way. Critics and media will say what they see and take you on. They will say things which you might not like to hear. But that's professional sport.

I don't want to be Kato, the trial guy. It's like everything I do is under a microscope.

Whenever you do anything public, you open yourself up to be criticized.

When we make a mistake, it becomes front-page news. We don't need any reporter telling us how badly we played.

Everyone makes mistakes, and they never go unnoticed when you're in the public eye.

There's scenes where I really want to get things right, and all the kids know me as the person who says, 'Sorry.' I think I've gotten a lot better with that, but it's still the thing that I'm still worried about, trying to get the scene perfect.

When you do things wrong, even a couple of mistakes, the press has the right to criticise. Much more so when you're a goalkeeper - who remain in the spotlight forever.

I'm aware of the fact that people that are watching to see what I do next - It's challenging to make the best decisions, and I don't always get it right.

You can't be in the public eye without making mistakes and having some regrets and having people analyze everything you do.

I think after doing a few shows now, people are ready to put me down.

There are very few jobs where you're held up to public scrutiny.

Once I had all the attention, all I had to do was deliver.

Unfortunately, your reputation often rests not on your ability to do what you say, but rather on your ability to do what people expect.

I think maybe in a way it gets worse because you come in with a real reputation and they've paid you lots of money and all that.

I am in the public eye, and I accept that my actions may be open to question.

When you're in the spotlight, people want to dissect you and then put you back together the way they want you.

The difficulty with any sort of esteem is that more is expected of you.

There's a lot more pressure on me at United. There are people out there trying to shoot you down.

From my own point of view, I hope everybody would realise that people who work in Scottish football - referees included - are always under terrific scrutiny.

People see you sing in a certain way, in a long dress, and you are put on a pedestal like you have never made a mistake in your life.

Certainly there are people who like me, but then there are those who don't know me who gossip about me. You can't believe the things I've heard.

I'm aware that, whatever the circumstances, there will always be speculation about me.

You get held to a high standard, almost an unmaintainable standard, in the public eye that you don't even come close to touching.