I don't take pressure or keep expectations because then it…

I still find it absurdly difficult to concentrate on a novel if there's a phone or computer to hand; I have taken to locking…

— David Nicholls

“A peculiar feature – no doubt a weakness – of my mental make-up is that I find it difficult to concentrate twice on the…

— Claude Lévi-Strauss

“Sun Tzu said the same thing many centuries ago: "The more possibilities you present to the enemy, the more diffuse he is forced to…

— Sebastian Marshall

Living up to other people's expectations is always difficult.

— Princess Tatiana of Greece and Denmark

Investment based on genuine long-term expectations is so difficult today as to be scarcely practicable.

— John Maynard Keynes

Reputation is fine but you have to keep justifying it. In a sense, it makes it harder because people's expectations of you are higher.…

— Derek Jacobi

Living up to other people's expectations is always difficult. And then you have your own expectations and you set yourself goals that are very,…

— Princess Tatiana of Greece and Denmark

Every year it's like a new slate of pressure and expectations because you can't rely on a contract and stuff like that.

— Ajla Tomljanovic

I don't succumb to the pressure of expectations. I try to convert it into excitement.

— Pratik Gandhi

The problem with being human is that there's far too much responsibility, too much pressure and too many expectations placed on you to achieve.

— Chloe Madeley

If you want, you can overcome all: Pressure, expectations, gravity.

— Mesut Ozil

With 'The Angel's Game', there was a lot of pressure from the expectations - expectations from the book industry and from readers; it's natural.

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

You want a job where the pressure is on and expectations are high.

— Lane Kiffin

Pressure is a combination of expectations, scrutiny and consequences. If the consequences are grave, then you feel more pressure and if you feel more…

— Gianluca Vialli

I think if you play for Chelsea you have to deal with the pressure, everybody knows the expectations.

— Michael Ballack