Jonny Bairstow Quotes

I think I have just always had an awareness that when you go to a premiere and people start cheering and shouting your name and stuff, they are shouting at a perception of you that they have.

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

When I started off, I didn't only ride to fame on my looks though many people I know think otherwise.

I learned that when you do the best job that you can do, some people will idolize you, others won't care, and some will vilify you.

I mean, I don't really pay too much attention publicly to what people think.

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.

Everyone thinks footballers have a great life and drive great cars, but sometimes you have to pull the veil away and look behind.

People seem to think I got where I am because of the clothes that I wear.

People will see me at Chelsea the way I am and judge me the way they want to.

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

Mostly you are what they think you are.

People make up their mind on whether you're a good player over seven games at a World Cup. You're great if you score goals and bad if you don't. I will always believe in myself, and those who doubt me will always continue to do so.

It's part of being an elite player, you get attention.

I want to show people that I'm not what everybody thought I was.

You have good form, bad form, get criticised, get bigged up. You go through spells of trying to find out how much to listen to, what not to pay too much attention to.

You really have to think a lot before speaking, and the things that are written about you, sometimes you might not like it.

It's the NFL. You have to earn it every single day. You're only as good as your last game.

It doesn't really bother us, the team that is in fashion or that is being talked about the most. Whatever praise or criticism we receive doesn't really matter.

The very fact that people make an effort to search and know more about me is a testament that I am doing my job well.

Every great success is an accumulation of thousands of ordinary efforts that no one else sees or appreciates.

I'm not necessarily a good actor, but once people start saying you are, you are. And I know that that's a truism, and there's obviously nothing important in that particular statement, but it's really about the fact that people create you as a good actor.

He whose honor depends on the opinion of the mob must day by day strive with the greatest anxiety, act and scheme in order to retain his reputation. For the mob is varied and inconsistent, and therefore if a reputation is not carefully preserved it dies quickly.

Your reputation is what you're perceived to be, Your character is what you really are

In politics, reality and appearance are of equal importance. You cannot attend to one and neglect the other. A man must determine both what he is, and what others believe him to be.

People have a good image of me. It's not these tramps who are going to tarnish my image. They should stop lying to the French people. It annoys me that people talk about 'your image'. My image is great in France. When I'm abroad, I don't even talk about it. But in France it's just these people, these parasites.