Rigorous Expectations Quotes

I'm a perfectionist. I'm very hard on myself and very critical.

Oddly enough, I'm not a particularly judgmental person. I just don't have a lot of filtering when I'm in 'tiger mother' mode. I say what comes into my head.

It's not easy to work with me, I recognize that. It's not easy if those people aren't as perfectionistic as I am.

My first teacher... was extremely strict, mean, and deeply religious.

Forget about getting a bank balance and don't be satisfied with things being good enough. Accept only that which is good or the best.

You've got to bring your A-game when you're in the same household as a military guy.

Indian coaches are strict on the field, but off the field, they take very good care of you.

When I'm not the Tiger Mom, I'm a professor at Yale Law School, and if one thing is clear to me from years of teaching, it's that there are many ways to produce fabulous kids. I have amazing students; some of them have strict parents, others have lenient parents, and many come from family situations that defy easy description.

I do respond well to a director, a teacher - someone who doesn't accept mediocrity.