Personal Expectations Quotes

I thought everybody would embrace and understand my reasons for becoming Muslim.

Fame obviously has become a premium in everybody's life. Everybody thinks they deserve it, everybody thinks they want it and most people really don't enjoy it once they get it.

I don't think there's any player that's more talented than Alex Rodriguez. He cares very deeply about doing well. Baseball is his life. He puts a lot of pressure on himself.

The primary limitation in life is our low expectations for ourselves and others. When we expect minimum results, that's usually what we get.

But I think it is always difficult to have high expectations of yourself or anyone else.

I'm always going to be my worst critic.

Honestly, I don't feel pressure to live up to anything I've done because I tend to not listen to my work once a year passes.

I should be able to look at my accolades and go, "Come on, Paul. That's enough." But there's still this little voice in the back of my brain that goes, "No, no, no. You could do better. This person over here is excelling. Try harder!" It still can be a little bit intimidating.

Sometimes I feel very guilty, so I don't know if I am a clear example of a perfect father, because sometimes I also just punish myself, saying I'm not doing probably the right thing at this particular moment. It's a secret.

Growing up, I put a lot of pressure on myself. I felt with The Beatles legacy that there was pressure on me to do music, and while I always loved music and it was always around me at home, I thought about doing other things.

Letting goals in doesn't look great to myself.

I thought I'd be married and a father by 35.

I'll never accept that I'm a sex symbol. That will mean that someone is a bit too fond of himself. If it happens, I think it's certainly going to be odd. People shouldn't see me as a sex symbol. I'm really just Henry. I'm just telling a story. I could be playing an incredibly unpleasant character who's not sexually attractive at all in my next movie. So I've no expectations at all.

It's hard when people are expecting things from you, and all you're trying to do is write songs that you like for yourself.

I never got into this business thinking I'd be like a movie star.

There is pressure, and I would never complain about that, but as players we put pressure on ourselves all the time. That's one thing I won't miss when I finally stop playing.

I'm demanding and critical about myself. It's something my parents passed on to me.

I am not successful, in terms of Hollywood.

I never thought I was going to be popular; I never thought I was going to be famous.

I feel like I'm not going to have to live up to anybody's shoes.

When I left the military, I thought I would not have any problems with the transition - I'm very adaptable and very versatile - but I was wrong.

Ranieri? He's right in what he says: I am very demanding of myself and I need to win to be secure about things. That's why I've won so many trophies in my career. He, on the other hand, has the mentality of someone who doesn't need to win and at nearly 70 years old he has won a Supercoppa and another small cup. He's too old to change his mindset.

I set the bar very high. I'm very tough on myself.

For an athlete, the biggest pressure comes from within. You know what you want to do and what you're capable of.

In high school, I was the best broad jumper on our team, and I kind of thought that when I got to MIT, I'd probably still be the best broad jumper, 'cause why do broad jumpers come to MIT? But it turned out to actually be the other way around. There was another person in my class who could jump about 3 feet further than I could.