Personal Expectation Quotes

To be honest with you, I always thought I was going to be in the NBA.

I'm not a reader myself, so I don't expect anyone else to be.

I just put pressure on myself to work hard.

I think I do deserve more than 11 carries. I think I really do.

To me, 'Ironman' was kind of dark for me. I wasn't looking for it to be that dark like that.

I knew I was coming home, I thought they would consider acquittal, I was disappointed that they didn't.

I'm not quite as cool as I would like to be, really.

I've been nominated for Emmys and Golden Globes, but I've never won one and I probably never will.

In a weird way, I never wanted - I don't consider myself a very good writer. I consider myself okay; I don't consider myself great. There's Woody Allen and Aaron Sorkin. There's Quentin Tarantino. I'm not ever gonna be on that level. But I do consider myself a good filmmaker.

I didn't want people to think of me as someone who wasn't impressed with a silver medal, because obviously that's a huge accomplishment, and I was so happy. It was more about me just being not impressed with falling at the Olympics in my last event.

I've always been a guy to put pressure on myself.

I'm not the next Usain Bolt or Michael Phelps.

I don't know how many good books I still have in me; I hope there are another four or five.

I know I've done good work. I've been very serious about my writing, and I've done the best that I could. But I don't feel that I've done more than I should have. In fact, I've done less than I should have.

When somebody has an enormous success in this culture, people start asking two questions, which are 'What are you doing now?' and 'How are you going to beat that?' And I have to say, I love the assumption that your intention is to beat yourself constantly - that you're in battle against yourself.

When I dealt with set theory, I could never make it be the music that I wanted.

My ambition is to not embarrass myself--which, if you know me, is a pretty serious ambition.

I was tough on myself when I didn't finish off a tournament right.

I've never felt like I've had a good game.

I agree that some of my performances in America, apart from having drama and excitement, have been a little under my estimation for performance.

A lot of times, I don't want to listen to my stuff, because I'm thinking maybe I didn't do my best.

If I have to look a certain way for something, I know how long it's going to take me do it.

I'm not one of those people that goes into the movies that are based off of books going, 'I know what this is really about.' I want to go and have a good time.

I'm my own biggest critic, so no matter what was being said in the media or being said by fans, I feel the worst when I disappoint myself.

I tell people I'm on a diet. If somebody sees me with a muffin, they'll think I'm off my diet. It's like secret little police that I've made for myself.