I never imagined even playing in the NFL. It seemed like a pipe dream.
The NBA? Never in my wildest dreams when I was playing in Division III basketball.
I didn't know I could even be a professional tennis player, honestly. All this is actually very, very unexpected.
A lot of people really didn't expect for me to have a record with Kendrick, but I proved them wrong. It's not easy to get Kendrick on a record, so it was a huge deal for me to have him featured on the song.
I found out I got 'The Little Drummer Girl' and my BAFTA nomination in quick succession, and I just didn't expect it to be like that. I thought there would be a lot more time in between. It's been an overwhelming experience.
For me, the biggest successes I've ever had were the ones I never counted on. I never thought my first big record would be a hit. I thought it was an average song.
I never thought I'd get [a 'Pitch Perfect 2'] audition because the film was just so massive.
A day can start out ordinary and end up being in the top ten. —Joe Bunch
I never expected to compete at home in a UCI women's race - let alone as world champion.
I'm just a girl from a trailer park who had a dream. I never thought this would ever happen.
I never expected i, in the first place, when I started playing tennis, that I would ever carry the flag into the Olympic Stadium for an Olympic Games... So for me that was a surprise and a huge honor in my life to be able to represent Switzerland.
I couldn't have imagined Belgium being number one in the world.
You know, who would have thought a guy from Canada playing at a club like Bayern Munich and winning the Champions League? I never could have guessed it.
I never thought I'd be doing records a year after I started - I had no idea it would last as long as it did.
It still feels unreal sometimes. It all happened so fast, like an explosion you know. But I am really hyped about the success of 'Animals' and 'Wizard'.
I never would have thought that I would be dancing at Radio City.
The bewildering success of my books continues to surprise me.
I never imagined my career would take off this fast.
It's really ironic that I won, because that's not the goal that I had in mind when I went out to skate.
The beauty of what I happened by extraordinary chance to put together is that nobody would have believed that this is possible, and certainly I didn't expect that it was possible. I just moved from step to step to step.
It was while I was in the mental hospital that I got my letter from the British Olympic Association saying, 'Congratulations. You've been picked to go to the Olympic Games.' I kept stressing I wasn't a patient.
My family and friends back home can't believe this boy from Dartmouth is on the TV. They sit there and say, 'What's he doing up there? Good Lord.'
I never thought in my wildest dreams that I would have turned pro at 17.
I never felt I would be part of the international scene for 50 caps in my wildest dreams.
