Arnold Schwarzenegger Quotes

Fans don't care what's in your private life, what happened in your past, where you come from. If you don't perform, they judge.

You know, I'll tell you, nothing changed after 'No Strings' for me. A lot of people said, like, 'Your game will be different,' but it wasn't. It really wasn't.

The single biggest weakness that politicians have as a group is that they want people to like them.

When things go well, everyone talks well of you and vice versa. Unfortunately, football is like that.

As mayor, I used to always feel the important thing is that people respect me, not love me - but it is really much nicer when they love you, too. I'm going to try to keep it that way.

If critics have problems with my personal life, it's their problem. Anybody with half a brain would realize that it's the charts that count.

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

You're only as good as your last collection, which is an enormous pressure.

My dad was very successful running midgets in Texas. Then, his two drivers ran into some bad luck. People started saying that Daddy had lost his touch. That it was the cars and not the drivers. I wanted to race just to prove all those people wrong.

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

Anyone in politics would like to have great economic numbers.

People used to be funny about approaching me, but now they seem to think I'm as sane as anyone who's done what I've done in movies can be.

You're on the elevator of public opinion when you're in the presidency.

With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it, nothing can succeed.

Politics is television and whoever masters it is likely to win.

What succeeds best politically does not always do so policy wise and vice versa.

Successful and unsuccessful political policies have one commonalty. The people who created the policies thought they would be successful.

The problem is that once we focus on economic policy, much that is not science comes into play. Politics becomes involved, and political posturing is amply rewarded by public attention.

Obama has so mismanaged the economy.

There is probably a perverse pride in my administration... that we were going to do the right thing, even if short-term it was unpopular. And I think anybody who's occupied this office has to remember that success is determined by an intersection in policy and politics and that you can't be neglecting of marketing and P.R. and public opinion.

Once you have had success there are always people focusing on why it happened. Inevitably, there is a lot of scrutiny when you don't achieve the same again.

Critics can get you critical acclaim - nothing more than that. Success or failure depends on the public.

I think of myself as a great player, but the fans have to decide whether that's true.

You can have all the stats in the world, but if you're losing, you're probably not going to get talked about. Probably will, but not in a good way.

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