I've set the bar quite high in terms of storytelling.
When Messi plays the ball, everybody expects many things from him. Sometimes it's too much because we have to let Messi breathe a bit.
Pressure is a privilege - it only comes to those who earn it.
Much is expected from those to whom much is given.
The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.
What a heavy burden is a name that has become too famous.
When I try to be perfect, it makes me not have fun.
My mother was the greatest mother in the world. She thought I was the greatest thing on two feet. I'd come home with a little composition I had written at school, and she'd look at it and say, 'It's wonderful! You're another Shakespeare!' I always assumed I could do anything. It really is amazing how much that has to do with your attitude.
People want to be Lakers. There's just so much pressure, and some guys handle it and some guys can't.
People with success are less able to cope because you're used to being on Mount Everest and when it's gone, what do you do?
In the '80 Olympics... people expected me to win. I was good enough to win, and I made a mistake and ended up second, which is pretty good, too.
Always being champion, always being at the top every three days, playing great football - it's not that easy.
Other people may not have had high expectations for me... but I had high expectations for myself.
He who expects much will be often disappointed; yet disappointment seldom cures us of expectation, or has any other effect than that of producing a moral sentence or peevish exclamation.
John Adams and John Quincy Adams had six sons. Two of these were great statesman and four were drunks. For the Adams family it was the White House or the Ale House …. Family pressure is part of what drives people to drink.
I used to focus so much on winning. I used to be such a perfectionist.
The people at home don't care what your problems are. They just know that you're doing that show and you're supposed to do the best you can do. It's not a 9-5 type of job. I've considered myself very lucky to do that kind of work.
Men respect women who have standards - get some!
I've never been uncoachable. I've been tough to coach because I'm hypercompetitive and always get to the bottom of things.
When I used to play, the manager would tell us that you are as good as your last performance. That made all the players more hungry to finish strong.
In the past, I've been lucky enough to receive some high praise, but when the experts have a go, I'm usually not particularly interested in what they have got to say.
I remember rehearsing it, and it was the one that we were really excited about and thought would sound the best, and once it was down on tape, it was like, This doesn't actually sound that good.
Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.
When I was at Kingsoft, I was under pressure and worked hard, but the results were not satisfactory.
My parents always wanted the very best for me and pushed me further and further, so that stuck with me.
