Stephen Gostkowski Quotes

People may trash me, but at least they're talking about me.

The higher your profile becomes, the more aware you are that people out there might hate you.

A lot of things which come with a high profile will always be criticised one way or another.

If you're in the public eye, people are going to take shots at you.

Nobody has had more awful things written about them than me.

When you're a sports figure and people dislike you, they're going to look for the negatives.

These days, there are many people around the world who listen to the songs that made me infamous and read the books that made me respectable.

You have to expect the raps when you have achieved popularity as a writer.

Once you become famous, you can't become unfamous. You can become a failure.

I've paid the price; I definitely have a reputation that precedes me, and there is a camp that plots my demise. But then again... it's funner that way.

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

I probably have become more infamous from two misdemeanors than probably anyone I could think of.

Look, you're either loved or hated. Which is a good thing, as Bette Davis used to say.

I've gone from the most trusted man in America to one of the most debated.

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.

But I think, if you're in the spotlight, people are going to say bad things, and that's just the way it is.

I gave up writing blurbs because you make one friend and 200 enemies.

There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.

I wouldn't think I was successful if I didn't have just as many people hate me as support me.

If you get involved in a controversy, then that becomes the mesmerizing event that people remember you by.

I know I'm not popular with all the people. Remember, I am 'cruel' or a 'pharaoh.' That's all right. In politics, you get called all types of names.

Let's face it: I've got a bit of a reputation.

I've fully accepted the fact that if I'm going to do a career like this, I have to be willing to take criticism, because it's a part of the job, you know? Any Instagram thing I post, someone's going to say something. I know that. Anything on Twitter, someone's going to judge whatever I do, whatever I say, whatever I look like. I understand that.

Negative press is always going to come out.

I'm a firm believer in... just because these guys are professional athletes or whatever, everybody's going to have an opinion on something, and not everybody's going to get along. I've had my words with fans on Twitter too.